Bletilla striata 'Alba'
- Product number: 704510.1
- Origin: East Asia
- Latin: Bletilla striata, also known as Bletilla hyacinthina
The exceptionally bright white flowers with five sepals and a trumpet with a ribbed, orchid-typical, protruding lower lip grow in clusters. A very easy-to-grow outdoor plant for sun or partial shade, it can overwinter outdoors with good winter cover.
Names:
Latin: Bletilla striata, or also Bletilla hyacinthina
Dutch: Aardorchidee (Ground Orchid)
Also: Bletilla hyacinthina
English: White Bletilla
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- Flower colour: Clear white
- Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
- Bulb / tuber size: I
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
- Winter hardy: Moderately frost hardy
- Origin: East Asia
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Bletilla striata, also known as Bletilla hyacinthina
- Dutch: Terrestrial orchid
- Also known as: Bletilla striata
- English: White Bletilla
