Bletia purpurea (Lam.) DC.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Orchidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Corm subglobose, 2-3 cm in diameter; scape slender, 3-11 dm. high. Leaves 1.5-5 dm. long, 1-2 cm. wide at about the middle, tapering to both ends, narrowed below into a sheath; sheaths of the scape 1-1.5 cm. long, ovate, appressed; bracts ovate, 4-5 mm. long, acute or acuminate; sepals 11-18 mm. long, acute, the median one ovate-lanceolate, the lateral ones ovate to oblong; petals oval, a little shorter than the sepals; lip 7-crested, nearly as long as the petals, its middle lobe notched, crenate crisped; capsule cylindric, 2.5-4 cm. long.
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Distribution
Pine-lands and scrub-lands, Abaco, Great Bahama, Andros. New Providence, Eleuthera : Florida ; Cuba : Hispaniola ; Jamaica. Recorded by Hitchcock as Bletia alta (L.) Hitchc. Pukple Bletia.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Jamaica South America|