Bletilla chartacea
Hardy Orchid
Bletilla striata
(Thunb.) Rchb.f. Species
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- Botanical name
- Bletilla striata
- Also known as
- Bletilla, Chinese Ground Orchid, Hardy Orchid, Hyacinth Bletilla, Hyacinth Orchid
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Bletilla
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Hardy Orchid
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Bletilla striata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Bletia gebina
Bletia hyacinthina
Bletia hyacinthina var. gebina
Bletia hyacinthina var. liukiuensis
Bletia striata
Bletilla elegantula
Bletilla gebinae
Bletilla hyacinthina
Bletilla striata f. gebina
Bletilla striata var. albomarginata
Bletilla striata var. gebina
Calanthe gebina
Coelogyne elegantula
Cymbidium hyacinthinum
Cymbidium striatum
Epidendrum striatum
Gyas humilis
Jimensia nervosa
Jimensia striata
Limodorum hyacinthinum
Limodorum striatum
Polytoma inodora
Sobralia bletioides
Others in Bletilla
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