Bletilla Summer Moonshine Kosteletzkya This cutting grown clone

This cutting grown clone

This distinctive new 1998 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction boasts medium green leaves with a near-black jagged border pattern

but with a whip-like tongue that extends from the mouth of the flower upwards to 12" or more

The architectural clump is topped in summer with a 2'+ tall scape of lavender flowers

Bletilla Summer Moonshine Kosteletzkya This cutting grown cloneBletilla 'Summer Moonshine' is a 2023 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of our second selected seedling from the Chinese form of Bletilla ochracea shared by orchid breeder, Dr. Hideka Kobayashi. This is the taller of our two introductions with flower stalks that top out at 30". From mid May through summer, the clumps are adorned with flowers composed of light yellow petals, a white central throat with a large yellow blotch and small magenta flecks.