Description
Common Name: Chinese ground Orchid
This variegated variety of hardy ground orchid has wonderful lavender-blue flowers with a white throat.
Commonly called Chinese ground orchid, Bletilla Striata is a terrestrial orchid which produces small, 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.
Size: #1 Bare Root
Height: 20″
Spread: 6-12″
Hardy: 6,7,9,10
Sun Exposure: Partial Shade
