Bletilla striata Night Gardens and cigarette butts

and cigarette butts

When you use the much more accurate Flora of Taiwan key

The patch is topped with small white flowers from late spring through early summer

never seen a seed

upright deciduous iris

Bletilla striata Night Gardens and cigarette buttsBletilla striata is a hardy and very easy to grow terrestrial orchid with upright, heavily textured, iris like, 18" long x 3" wide green leaves and forms a slowly spreading clump. In early spring, stalks to 30" tall of small lavender, cattleya orchid like flowers with a dark purple lip are held above the foliage. The rhizomes spread slowly and eventually form a nice mass. Bletilla striata grows best in moist to damp soils in 1 6 hours of sun. While