| Broughtonia sanguinea photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Swartz) Brown, Robert |
| published in | Hortus Kewensis 5 : 117 1789 | |
| Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, London | ||
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| Genus | Broughtonia R. Brown 1813 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | Carabbian (Jamaica, Cuba) |
| altitude | 0 - 650 m (0 - 2145 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Montego Bay ( Saint James, Jamaica) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Montego Bay this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 13 m' to 10 h 47 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 40 - 70 cm (16" - 28"), apical |
| nr flowers | 18 - 32 | |
| size | a flower 4 L 3.5 cm (1.6" L 1.22") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90-100 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
