Bletia macristhmochila Greenm. 1878

Flowers and habitat Photo courtesy of Weyman Bussey

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Common Name The Large Ridged Lip Bletia [refers to the comb-like ridges on the lip]

Flower Size

Found in Mexico at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial, at times occuring in lava fields or open deciduous forests in clumps of coarse grass in well drained loamy soils with brownish green corms carrying a few plicate, narrowly oblong-elliptic leaves that blooms in the spring on a to 3' long, few flowered inflorescence..

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Novo-Galaciana Vol 16 McVaugh 1985; An Introduction to the Orchids of Mexico Wiard 1987; Orquedias Michoacanas Lapiner;

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