| Broughtonia sanguinea var. alba photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Swartz) Brown, Robert |
| published in | Hortus Kewensis 5 : 17 1789 | |
| Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, London | ||
| var. alba | color variety | |
| 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 | origin | Carabbian (Jamaica, Cuba) |
| altitude | 0 - 650 m (0 - 2145 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cienfuegos (Cienfuegos, Cuba) | |
| 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 Cienfuegos this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 28 m' to 10 h 32 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 18 - 25 cm (7.2" - 10"), apical |
| nr flowers | 4 - 6 | |
| size | single flower 4 L 4 cm (1.6" L 1.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 45 - 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
