The natural hybrid Bletia ×ekmanii (B. patula × B. purpurea) is described and illustrated. Hybrid plants have a semihypogeous subglobose corm, incurved petals enclosing the column, flowers of intermediate size between those of the parental species, a trilobed lip of almost the same size as the lateral sepals with obtuse lateral lobes. Flowers of the hybrid resemble those of B. purpurea but are larger and with a patent lip as in B. patula. The hybrid was found along the roadside from Palenque to Bernardo town, Guantánamo Province, eastern Cuba.
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9 June 2011
A new natural hybrid, Bletia ×ekmanii (Orchidaceae), from Cuba
Maité Serguera Niño,
Margarita Sánchez Losada
Willdenowia
Vol. 41 • No. 1
Jun 2011
Vol. 41 • No. 1
Jun 2011
Bletia patula
Bletia purpurea
hybridisation
terrestrial orchids
West Indies