| Tribe | Arethuseae |
| Subtribe | Bletiinae |
| Scientific name | Bletia purpurea (Lamarck) de Candolle |
| Synonyms | Bletia acutipetala Hooker; Bletia havanensis Lindley; Bletia pottsii Sereno Watson; Bletia purpurea (Lamarck) de Candolle forma alba (Ariza & J. Jiménez Almonte) P. M. Brown; Bletia tuberosa (L.) Ames; Bletia verecunda (Salisbury) R. Brown; Cymbidium verecundum (Salisbury) Swartz; Gyas verecunda (Salisbury) Salisbury; Limodorum purpureum Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al.; Limodorum trifidum Michaux; Limodorum tuberosum Jacquin; Limodorum verecundum Salisbury; Regnellia purpurea Barbosa-Rodrigues; Thiebautia nervosa Colla |
| Distribution | USA, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Reference | Bletia purpurea (Lam.) DC. |
| Bletia purpurea (Lamarck) de Candolle | |
| Bletia purpurea (Lam.) DC. | |
| Bletila purpurea (Lamarck) A. de Candolle 1841 | |
| Bletia purpurea |
| March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |