''Bletia'' is a

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of about 30

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Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or

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. It is named after Spanish

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and

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Don Luis Blet. The genus is widespread across

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as far south as

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List of species

Accepted species include: * '' Bletia adenocarpa'' Rchb.f. * '' Bletia altilamellata'' Garay * ''

Bletia amabilis ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids ( family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is w ...

'' C.Schweinf. * ''

Bletia antillana ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is wides ...

'' M.A.Diaz & Sosa * ''

Bletia arizonica ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is wides ...

'' (S.Watson) Sosa & M.W.Chase * ''

Bletia brevicaulis ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is wides ...

'' (L.O.Williams) Sosa & M.W.Chase * ''

Bletia campanulata ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is wides ...

'' Lex. * ''

Bletia candida ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is wides ...

'' Kraenzl. * ''

Bletia carabiaiana ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is wides ...

'' L.O.Williams * ''

Bletia catenulata } ''Bletia catenulata'' is a species of orchid in the family ''Orchidaceae''. It is native to Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia and Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It ...

'' Ruiz & Pav. * ''

Bletia coccinea ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is wides ...

'' Lex. * ''

Bletia colemanii ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is wides ...

'' (Catling) Sosa & M.W.Chase * ''

Bletia concolor ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is wides ...

'' Dressler * '' Bletia corallicola'' (Small) Sosa & M.W.Chase * '' Bletia × ekmanii'' Serguera & Sánchez Los. * '' Bletia ensifolia'' L.O.Williams * '' Bletia fallax'' (M.I.Rodr. & R.González) Sosa & M.W.Chase * '' Bletia florida'' (Salisb.) R.Br. * '' Bletia gracilis'' Lodd. * '' Bletia greenmaniana'' L.O.Williams * '' Bletia greenwoodiana'' Sosa * '' Bletia hamiltoniana'' (Ackerman & Whitten) Sosa & M.W.Chase * '' Bletia hoffmannii'' (M.A.Díaz & Llamacho) Sosa & M.W.Chase * '' Bletia lilacina'' A.Rich. & Galeotti * ''

Bletia macristhmochila ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is wides ...

'' Greenm. * '' Bletia meridana'' (Rchb.f.)Garay & Dunst. * '' Bletia mexicana'' (Greenm.)Sosa & M.W.Chase * '' Bletia mixtecana'' Salazar & C.Chávez * '' Bletia neglecta'' Sosa * ''

Bletia nelsonii ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is wides ...

'' Ames * '' Bletia netzeri'' Senghas * '' Bletia nitida'' (L.O.Williams) Sosa & M.W.Chase * ''

Bletia parkinsonii ''Bletia parkinsonii'' is a species of orchid found in Guatemala and much of Mexico (from Chiapas Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal enti ...

'' Hook. * '' Bletia parva'' Sosa & M.W.Chase * '' Bletia patula'' Hook. * '' Bletia punctata'' Lex. * '' Bletia purpurata'' A.Rich. & Galeotti * ''

Bletia purpurea ''Bletia purpurea'', common name pine-pink or sharp-petaled bletia, is a species of orchid widespread across much of Latin America and the West Indies, and also found in Florida. They are Terrestrial plant, terrestrial in swamps or sometimes foun ...

'' (Lam.) DC. * '' Bletia reflexa'' Lindl. * '' Bletia revoluta'' (Correll) Sosa & M.W.Chase * '' Bletia riparia'' Sosa & Palestina * '' Bletia roezlii'' Rchb.f. * '' Bletia santosii'' H.Ávila, J.G.González & Art.Castro * '' Bletia sarcophylla'' Rchb.f. * '' Bletia × similis'' Dressler * '' Bletia spicata'' (Walter)Sosa & M.W.Chase * '' Bletia stenophylla'' Schltr. * '' Bletia × tamayoana'' S.Rosillo ex Soltero * '' Bletia tenuifolia'' Ames & C.Schweinf. * ''

Bletia urbana ''Bletia'' is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family (biology), family Orchidaceae), almost all of which are terrestrial; some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spain, Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Bl ...

'' Dressler * '' Bletia villae'' Soto Arenas * '' Bletia volubilis'' M.A.Díaz * '' Bletia wageneri'' Rchb.f. * '' Bletia warfordiana'' Sosa * '' Bletia warnockii'' (Ames & Correll) Sosa & M.W.Chase * '' Bletia wrightii'' Acuña

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q311069 Orchids of Central America Orchids of North America Orchids of South America Epidendreae genera Orchids of Florida Orchids of Mexico Flora of the Caribbean Taxa named by José Antonio Pavón Jiménez Taxa named by Hipólito Ruiz López