Named in honour of Louis Blet, botanist and apothecary at the Spanish court in 1794.

Bletilla striata is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine as a Haemostatic, astringent, emollient, antiphlogistic, reduces swelling, promotes healing, "tonifies lung-energy" and it TREATS: spitting/vomiting blood, nosebleeds, stomach bleeding, tuberculosis, broken bones, burns, abscesses, Inflammation, acne, cracked skin. It is often mixed with powdered amethyst.