Bletia purpurea
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Pinepink
Orchidaceae
Plant Specifics
Form: | Flower | |
Size: | 1-2 (5 in flower) ft tall by 1 ft wide | |
Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | Pink,purple | |
Fruit Color: | Green | |
Phenology: | Winter dormant Blooms in spring. | |
Noted for: | Showy flowers |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | Retain if present in natural setting. Can be grown in a wildflower garden. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Propagation: | Division, seed. Please acquire from orchid growers who are propagating it. This species is Threatened in Florida and is protected in the wild. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Availability: | Seed, Specialty providers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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(Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: | Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil or other substrate: | Organic material (muck), Lime rock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ecology
Wildlife: |
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Insects: | The flowers do not produce nectar but use food deception to attract various bees including Euglossa, Thygater and Melipona, a genus of stingless bees. In Florida, some plants do not have a rostellum and may be self-pollinating. | |
Native Habitats: | Pine rocklands, swampy forests on stumps and logs just above high water levels, in humus. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 11 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures