[Specimen details]

Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 71652, 1991
Locality Florida, Collier Co.,
Description Orchid up to 1 m tall; flower purple, 35 mm wide, borne in simple or paniculate racemes; fruit [an] ellipsoid capsule.
Habitat Wet flatwoods.
Reproductive State Bud Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector J. Weber 34
Collection Date 9 Apr 1991
Accession Number 202773
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 31579, 1966
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Collier Co.,
Habitat On border of cypress [Taxodium] swamp.
Reproductive State Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector R. Lassiter 98
with J. Lassiter
Collection Date 7 May 1966
Accession Number 131487
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 71538, 1998
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co.,
Habitat On spoil deposits.
Reproductive State Bud Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector K. A. Bradley 1476
Collection Date 07 Mar 1998
Accession Number 223171
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1994
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Collier Co.,
Habitat With Ipomoea sagittata, Mitreola sessilifolia, Taxodium ascendens, Hypericum fasciculatum, H. gentianoides, Asclepias lanceolata, Baccharis halimifolia, Utricularia cornuta, Polygala sp., Pluchea sp., Melanthera sp., Dichromena [Rhynchospora] sp.
Reproductive State Bud Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector D. W. Trapnell 373
with K. DeLaney, M. Hay
Collection Date 14 Apr 1994
Accession Number 225429
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 7769, 1904
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co.,
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector A. A. Eaton 950
Collection Date 22 May 1904
Accession Number 63178
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 11972, 1941
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co.,
Reproductive State Bud Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector W. M. Buswell
Collection Date 16 Mar 1941
Accession Number 78894
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co.,
Habitat Gladeland near roadway.
Reproductive State Bud Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector K. Whitney 44
Collection Date 04 Jun 1966
Accession Number 88883
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 52940, 1982
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Habitat Pineland.
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda 7044
with D.K. Sauleda
Collection Date 14 Mar 1982
Accession Number 164296
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 43491, 1997
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Polk Co.,
Habitat Shell filled roadside and scraped areas now brushy. Soils: Oldsmar (Alfic Arenic Haplaquods).
Reproductive State Bud Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector S. L. Orzell 25213
Collection Date 18 Apr 1997
Accession Number 235141
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 13442, 1958
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Description Flowers pink, the lip three-lobed, the central lobe with four light yellow crests, the lateral lobes with purple veins.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector G. R. Cooley 6185
with C.E. Wood, Jr., K.A. Wilson, L.J. Brass
Collection Date 02 May 1958
Accession Number 1665
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 31133, 1964
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Description Post mature fruiting plants and basal leaves from the bulbous underground plants.
Habitat Flat land; among Dichromena [Rhynchospora], under Pinus and Coccothrinax.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector O. K. Lakela 27957
Collection Date 13 Nov 1964
Accession Number 61559
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 31133, 1973
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Habitat In undergrowth of open pineland, among Thrinax, Coccothrinax, Cassia [Chamaecrista].
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector O. K. Lakela 32214
with F. Almeda
Collection Date 9 Jun 1973
Accession Number 105442
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 34080, 1966
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Habitat Pinus elliottii, Thrinax microcarpa woodland.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector R. W. Long 2058
with J. De Boer, G. Mills, R. Hebert
Collection Date 06 Aug 1966
Accession Number 75840
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 7769, 1903
Locality Florida, ,
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector A. A. Eaton
Collection Date May 1903
Accession Number 63181
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Collier Co.,
Habitat Wet flatwoods.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. Pires 92
Collection Date 20 May 1998
Accession Number 242150
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Lee Co.,
Habitat Open, wet-mesic pine flatwoods.
Reproductive State Bud Flower
Specimen Notes Collected under the direction of agent of the landowner.
Collector J. M. Kunzer 1388
Collection Date 03 Mar 2006
Accession Number 242388
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co.,
Habitat Mixture of small pines and small hammock plants.
Reproductive State Bud
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda 9200
Collection Date 02 Apr 1988
Accession Number 195903
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Habitat Wet slash pine - cabbage palm marly savanna; community dominated by Pinus elliottii var. densa [P. elliottii], Sabal palmetto, and Cladium jamaicense.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector S. L. Orzell 22575
with E.L. Bridges
Collection Date 25 Feb 1994
Accession Number 246517
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Martin Co.,
Habitat Wet flatwoods.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. O. Woodbury
with R. Roberts
Collection Date May 1987
Accession Number 259257
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality USA. Florida, Hillsborough Co.: University of South Florida [Tampa] Campus. Greenhouse. 28° 0' 0" N 82° 0' 0" W
Description Lip 7 crests, 5 in the middle lobe.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes CULTIVATED.
Collector O. K. Lakela
with F. Almeda
Collection Date 02 May 1968
Accession Number 82962
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea 31174 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality USA. Florida, Hillsborough Co.: University of South Florida [Tampa] Campus. Greenhouse. 28° 0' 0" N 82° 0' 0" W
Description Five crests pass into the middle lobe.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes CULTIVATED.
Collector O. K. Lakela
Collection Date 18 May 1970
Accession Number 91079
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Lee Co.,
Habitat Flatwoods.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector S.W. Braem
Collection Date 07 Jul 2008
Accession Number 282808
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Eleuthera Island, ,
Habitat High coppice.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with R. P. Wunderlin, B. Hansen, & D. S. Correll
Collection Date 15 Dec 1979
Accession Number 142523
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Great Abaco Island, ,
Habitat Edge of pineland.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with Correll & Correll
Collection Date 10 Apr 1979
Accession Number 141979
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Great Abaco Island, ,
Habitat Edge of pineland.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with Correll & Correll
Collection Date 10 Apr 1979
Accession Number 141978
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Andros Island, ,
Habitat Edge of wet pineland.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with D. S. Correll, D. Stevenson, & J. Eckenwalder
Collection Date 05 May 1978
Accession Number 142299
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Great Abaco Island, ,
Habitat Pinelands.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with D. S. Correll
Collection Date 11 Apr 1979
Accession Number 141971
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Cienfuegos Prov., Cumanayagua Mun.,
Description Terrestrial orchid.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 460 m
Specimen Notes
Collector E. A. Turnau
Collection Date 10 May 1956
Accession Number 235966
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 72951
Locality Middlesex Co., St. Catherine Par.,
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. E. Vagner
Collection Date Apr 1967
Accession Number 83490
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Great Abaco Island, ,
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with D. S. Correll
Collection Date 10 Apr 1979
Accession Number 141962
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Eleuthera Island, ,
Description Terrestrial; flowers fuchsia.
Habitat Roadside adjacent sea, sand, and coral.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector W. H. Lewis
Collection Date 26 Dec 1969
Accession Number 92437
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Middlesex Co., Clarendon Par.,
Description Terrestrial; flowers purple.
Habitat Bog.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Wunderlin
with R. Gustafson
Collection Date 01 Feb 1980
Accession Number 150128
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Andros Island, ,
Habitat Dry scrub.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with Correll, Austin, & Adams
Collection Date 17 May 1978
Accession Number 141977
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality New Providence Island, ,
Description Common.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with D. K. Sauleda & J. Lleida
Collection Date 09 Sep 1983
Accession Number 173202
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Grand Bahama Island, ,
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. Vagner
with et al.
Collection Date 25 Feb 1967
Accession Number 79803
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Grand Bahama Island, ,
Description Terrestrial.
Habitat At edge of low coastal coppice, in sand.
Reproductive State
Specimen Notes
Collector R. M. Adams
with P. H. Adams
Collection Date 16 Aug 1984
Accession Number 180753
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Andros Island, ,
Habitat Edge of pineland.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with D. S. Correll
Collection Date 23 Jul 1978
Accession Number 142314
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 72951
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Middlesex Co., St. Catherine Par.,
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. E. Vagner
Collection Date Apr 1967
Accession Number 83486
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Surrey Co., St. Andrew Par.,
Description Flowers rosy pink.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector A. Shaw
Collection Date 16 Feb 1946
Accession Number 25568
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Description 24-30 in. tall; sepals elliptic to oval; petals ovate as long as the sepals, with a rose purple color.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector J. C. Gaitan
Collection Date 1966
Accession Number 288691
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 71525, 2016
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Monroe Co.,
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector M. Gilbert
Collection Date 31 Mar 1956
Accession Number 292229
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Mexico. Guerrero Vallecitos; Montes de Oca. 18° 5' 28" N 101° 26' 38" W
Description Flower purple.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector G. B. Hinton
Collection Date 04 Sep 1937
Accession Number 199037
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 69656
Locality Honduras. Stann Creek; along Hummingbirg Highway, ca. 30 mi. S of Roaring Creek on W Highway.
Habitat Tropical montane vegetation.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. W. Long
Collection Date 15 Jul 1970
Accession Number 112063
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Venezuela. Carabobo La Cumbre de Batatal, near Chirgua. 10° 12' 19" N 68° 10' 55" W
Description Flowers rosy purple.
Habitat Savanna.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 900 m
Specimen Notes
Collector A. H. G. Alston
Collection Date 01 Jan 1939
Accession Number 93247
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386 - Determined By: 62773, 1996
Herbarium Name Used
Determination History
Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Locality Ecuador. Pichincha Prov. Santo Domingo-Quito Road, 8.0 km NE of Santo Domingo. 0° 11' 40" S 78° 29' 35" W
Habitat Growing terrestrially on road cut.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 2300 ft
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with M. Ragan, H. Luther, R. Wunderlin, B. Hansen, L. Davenport, & J. Wiersema
Collection Date 29 Jul 1980
Accession Number 150005
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Ecuador. Pichincha Prov. Santo Domingo-Quito Road, 50.2 km N of Zaracay Hotel. 0° 1' 14" N 79° 34' 52" W
Habitat On Guava trees.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 4500 ft
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with M. Ragan, H. Luther, R. Wunderlin, B. Hansen, L. Davenport, & J. Wiersema
Collection Date 01 Aug 1980
Accession Number 149917
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co.,
Habitat Scattered pines in wet prairie.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with D. K. Sauleda
Collection Date 03 Apr 1983
Accession Number 171773
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Bletia purpurea
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bletia purpurea (31174) 4386
Herbarium Name Used
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co.,
Habitat Wet prairie.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with D. K. Sauleda
Collection Date 18 Mar 1984
Accession Number 182030
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