Bletia florida

Bletia florida
	1831 illustration; Edwards's Botanical Register
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Arethuseae
Subtribe:	Bletiinae
Alliance:	Calanthe
Genus:	Bletia
Species:	B. florida
Binomial name
	Bletia florida; (Salisb.) R.Br. (1813)
Synonyms
	Limodorum floridum Salisb. (1796) (Basionym); Gyas florida (Salisb.) Salisb. (1812); Bletia pallida Lodd. (1822); Thiebautia nervosa Colla (1825); Cymbidium floridum (Salisb.) Lindl. (1831); Bletia shepherdii Hook. (1834); Bletilla florida (Salisb.) Rchb.f. (1853);

Bletia florida is a species of orchid. It is native to Jamaica, Cuba and the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean; it is also reportedly naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago.^[1]

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