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Definition of Bletia
1. Noun. Any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bletia
Literary usage of Bletia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1901)
"bletia.—R. hyacintha is a beautiful Chinese Orchid, having ribbed leaves, and
slender flower-stems г ft. or more high, bearing about half a dozen showy ..."
2. The Window Gardener by Edward Sprague Rand (1876)
"bletia. — PHAIUS. — GOODYERA. rT^HE word " orchid" conveys to most minds an idea
of a plant which grows only in great heat, and requires a peculiar mode of ..."
3. The Genera and Species of Orchideous Plants by John Lindley (1830)
"bletia capitata. R. Br. B. " labello prope basin intus callo ... Kew. 5. 2O6.
Hab. in India Occidentali; R. Brown. 10. bletia obcordata. ..."
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