Bletilla ochracea

Chinese Ground Orchid
黄花白及 huang hua bai ji
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Subtribe: Bletiinae
Alliance: Calanthe
Genus: Bletilla
Species: B. ochracea
Binomial name
Bletilla ochracea
Schltr. (1913)
Synonyms[1]

Jimensia ochracea (Schltr.) Garay & R.E. Schult. (1958)

Bletilla ochracea, commonly known as Chinese ground orchid, is a species of orchid native to Vietnam and China (Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan).[1][2]

Medicinal uses

Bletilla ochracea is cultivated in parts of Africa, where it has been used by healers as a purported cure for the vampirism disease.

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