Bletia purpurea, common name pine-pink or sharp-petaled bletia, is a species of orchid widespread across much of Latin America and the West Indies, and also found in Florida.

[3] They are terrestrial in swamps or sometimes found growing on logs or stumps above the high tide mark.

[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Bletia purpurea can reach a length of 180 cm (5 feet).

It has ovoid (egg-shaped) pseudobulbs up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) in diameter.

Leaves are linear or narrowly elliptic, up to 100 cm (40 inches) long.