Bletilla formosana

(Hayata) Schltr. Species

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Botanical name
Bletilla formosana
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Bletilla
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Bletilla formosana

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Bletilla formosana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Bletia formosana Bletia kotoensis Bletia morrisonicola Bletilla formosana f. kotoensis Bletilla formosana f. rubrolabella Bletilla kotoensis Bletilla morrisonicola Bletilla striata var. kotoensis Bletilla szetschuanica Bletilla yunnanensis Bletilla yunnanensis var. limprichtii Jimensia formosana Jimensia kotoensis Jimensia morrisonicola Jimensia szetschuanica Jimensia yunnanensis

Others in Bletilla

Bletilla striata
Hardy Orchid
Bletilla chartacea
Bletilla ochracea
Bletilla guizhouensis

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