Bletia mexicana

Bletia mexicana produces no leaves.{{cite web The flower clusters, sometimes with more than a dozen per head, grow to 60cm tall (~2 feet). Blossoms are widely spaced and vividly pink. The margin of the 3-lobed labellum is edged in pink with a white patch and five ridges at the center. ==Range==

Bletia mexicana occurs in Central & SW. Texas The main population appears to be in the Big Bend region of southwestern Texas. However, isolated observations have been made in Dallas County in northeastern Texas. The one illustrated in this page's taxonomy box were found between these two locations, in Uvalde County.{{cite web The iNaturalist map showing research-grade observations of the species indicates that in Mexico the species occurs in the mountains of the northern part of the country, except for Baja California, all the way south in both the Eastern and Western Sierra Madres, into Oaxaca state.{{cite web ==Habitat==

Bletia mexicana mainly occurs within the biome of seasonally dry tropical and subtropical forests. ==Taxonomy==

The genus name Bletia is named in honor of Luis Blet, a Catalonian apothecary of the eighteenth century who accompanied Ruiz and Pavón on their New World explorations.{{cite web The species name mexicana reflects that by far the greatest part of the species' distribution lies in Mexico. ==References==