Orchidaceae
Pine-pink
Bletia purpurea
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Bletia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Pine-pink, Pinepink
Synonyms
- Bletia acutipetala Hook.
- Bletia expansa Ten.
- Bletia havannensis Lindl.
- Bletia pallida G.Lodd.
- Bletia pottsii S.Watson
- Bletia pulchella Anon.
- Bletia purpurea var. alba Ariza-Julia & J.Jiménez Alm.
- Bletia purpurea var. pittieri Schltr.
- Bletia purpurea var. purpurea
- Bletia verecunda (Salisb.) R.Br.
- Cymbidium altum Willd.
- Cymbidium floridum Salisb.
- Cymbidium trifidum (Michx.) Sw.
- Cymbidium verecundum (Salisb.) Sw.
- Epidendrum altum (Willd.) Poir.
- Gyas verecunda (Salisb.) Salisb.
- Helleborine americana Steud.
- Limodorum purpureum Lam.
- Limodorum trifidum Michx.
- Limodorum tuberosum Jacq.
- Limodorum verecundum Salisb.
- Serapias purpurea (Lam.) Poir.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
FlowerPhoto: Natalie Holder, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
FlowerPhoto: Finalé Duan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
FlowerPhoto: Eduardo A. Pacheco from Turrialba, Costa Rica, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
FlowerPhoto: Huerta Martín, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
FlowerPhoto: alpizar jimenez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.