Bletilla striata - Orchid Board

Call_Me_Bob · #1 06-16-2013, 07:20 PM

I got two Bletillas half price last fall during a local garden center's annual end of season clearance event. I potted them in a shady spot in the front flower bed. One is a var. alba and one is 'Variegata'. I put the alba in a big pot and brought it inside for studio shots and then to our monthly OS meeting, it got second place in the species category!

In "situ"

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'Variegata'

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var. alba

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WhiteRabbit · #2 06-16-2013, 10:45 PM

Lovely!

Call_Me_Bob · #3 06-16-2013, 11:03 PM

Thanks!

Paul Mc · #4 06-16-2013, 11:16 PM

These are some of my fav's!!!! I don't give them much care personally, yet they are reliable every year!!! Awesome pics!

Call_Me_Bob · #5 06-16-2013, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Mc

These are some of my fav's!!!! I don't give them much care personally, yet they are reliable every year!!! Awesome pics!

Agreed! I don't do anything to them, at all. Makes the perfect orchid!!

kentaki · #6 06-23-2013, 12:59 AM

These are not straight B. striata. One of my friends in Japan breeds Bletilla with his students. Here are some pics.

terracotta7 · #7 06-23-2013, 08:02 AM

Lovely blooms and wonderful plants. Thanks for sharing! I recently got one but it just has leaves so far. Your pictures are hopefully a promise of what is to come in the future.

Call_Me_Bob · #8 06-23-2013, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by kentaki

These are not straight B. striata. One of my friends in Japan breeds Bletilla with his students. Here are some pics.

What is in the parentage of these? You say they're hybrids, they're beautiful!

kentaki · #9 06-24-2013, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Call_Me_Bob

What is in the parentage of these? You say they're hybrids, they're beautiful!

As I stated, these are not my hybrids, so I don't know. The DVD he sent me had a few thousand pictures, and I did not ask him which is which.

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Originally Posted by terracotta7

Lovely blooms and wonderful plants. Thanks for sharing! I recently got one but it just has leaves so far. Your pictures are hopefully a promise of what is to come in the future.

I have a clone of B. Brigantes (B. striata x B. ochracea) that got a JC from AOS last year. It has nice peloric flowers.

My friend sent me seeds from 10 pods in 2011~2012, and I have seedlings of these. This past winter he sent me seeds from 120 pods. I have not sown a single one. Yet.

I have my own crosses of (B. striata 'Peloric' x var. coerulea) x self and B. Yokohama 'Snow White' x B. striata 'Variegated Flower.'

brianwstephens · #10 07-25-2013, 02:52 PM

I love these! They used to sell them in packs at the local Home Depot but I haven't seen them there in years. So easy to grow and such beautiful little flowers