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I had heard of Bletia
patula alba for many years but had never seen one “in the flesh”. Yesterday in the Mayaguez Orchid festival I
finally was able to see one. A plant of
this type was awarded by the AOS many years ago, but so far as I know that
plant was lost. I found a very pale form
of this species in the wild some years ago, but in all my field trips I have
never seen an alba in the wild. In some
areas of Arecibo I have seen fields where there were thousands of plants but
all of them were uniformly colored. I
would hope that this clone will be selfed and the seed sown or some divisions
are distributed among hobbyists so that it is not lost again.
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Linda Bletia
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En la ladearas de la montaña de República Dominicana se pueden ver las Bletias albas y albenses
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