Often known as the Chinese ground orchid, Bletilla is a temperate, terrestrial genus, containing nine species that are distributed through China, Japan and Taiwan. The name is actually a diminutive of Bletia, which is an American genus named after the Spanish eighteenth century pharmacist and botanist Don Luis Blet. Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... In geography, temperate latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. ... Terrestrial literally means of the earth and is used in a variety of contexts: In biology and in the general sense, terrestrial means indicates ground-dwelling (compare aquatic). ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... In biology, a species is a kind of organism. ... Pharmacists are health professionals who practice pharmacy. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ...

The pseudobulbs resemble spreading corms which usually sit at ground level. Each pseudobulb generally bears several pleated leaves around 40cm long. The racemes of flowers emerge from the center of the years new growth before it is mature, during spring and early summer. The flowers vary in colour from white to purple, and all species have four pollinia. The pseudobulb is a storage organ derived from the part of a stem between two leaf nodes. ... A corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (estivation). ... This article is about the leaf, a plant organ. ... This inflorescence of the terrestrial orchid Spathoglottis plicata is a typical raceme. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms ( flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Pollinium, or plural pollinia, is a coherent mass of pollen grains. ...

Bletilla species are generally hardy, though some need protection from severe frost. It is better to keep them in pots of well drained media so that water does not sit around the roots during winter when the plants are not actively growing. They should also be watered sparingly at the start of the growing season as the new shoots emerge, as new roots often do not follow for around four weeks afterwards. Hardy is the name of some places in the United States of America: Hardy, Arkansas Hardy, Kentucky Hardy, Virginia Hardy is also the name of the following people: Comedian Oliver Hardy (1892-1957) Novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy (1769-1839) Vice-Admiral Sir... For other meanings of root, see Root (disambiguation). ...