흰줄무늬자란-[정명] Bletilla striata 'Albostriata'

과명	Orchidaceae (난초과)	속명	Bletilla (자란속)
전체학명	[정명] Bletilla striata 'Albostriata'	추천명	흰줄무늬자란
		영문명	common bletilla

Common Name: Chinese ground orchid 

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Family: Orchidaceae

Zone: 5 to 9

Height: 1.00 to 1.50 feet

Spread: 0.50 to 0.75 feet

Bloom Time: April to May

Bloom Description: Purple

Sun: Part shade

Water: Medium

Maintenance: Medium

Flower: Showy

Garden locations

Culture

Best grown in organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soil in part shade. Some afternoon shade is essential in hot St. Louis summers. Plant corm-like pseudobulbs to 4” deep in spring. After flowering, continue to provide regular moisture to plants for the remainder of the growing season. May not be reliably winter hardy throughout USDA Zone 5 where a winter mulch is advisable. Will naturalize over time in optimum growing conditions by short rhizomes.

Noteworthy Characteristics

Bletilla striata, commonly called Chinese ground orchid, is a terrestrial orchid which produces small, cattleya-like, pinkish-purple flowers (to 1.5” long) in 3-7 flowered racemes atop naked scapes typically rising to 18” tall. Blooms mid to late spring. Each pseudobulb typically produces 3-5, linear, pleated, papery-textured, sword-shaped, pale green leaves (to 12” long). Foliage dies to the ground in winter. Synonymous with Bletilla hyacinthina.

Genus name honors Luis Blet, a Spanish apothecary who had a botanic garden in Algeciras towards the end of the 18th century.

Specific epithet means striped.

'Albostriata' is a somewhat uncommon white-edged cultivar.

Bletilla striata 'Albostriata' - Plant Finder (missouribotanicalgarden.org)

 

 

 

 

https://youtu.be/WYVsk9LSB58