1. Broughtonia R. Brown in Aiton Hort. Kew. ed. 
2, 5 (1818) 217. 
This monotypic genus is composed of the following 
species. 
Broughtonia sanguinea (Sw. ) R. Brown in Aiton 
Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 5 (1813) 217. 
E’pidendrum sanguineum Swartz Prodr. Veg. Ind. 
Oce. (1788) 124. 
Dendrobium sanguineum Swartz in Nov. Act. Ups. 6 
(1799) 82. 
Broughtonia coccinea Hooker in Bot. Mag. 68 (1886) 
t. 35386. 
Viscum radice bulbosa minus, ete. Sloane Cat. Pl. 
Jam. (1696) 119. 
Satyrium parasiticum, ete. P. Brown Civil & Nat. 
Hist. Jam. (1756) 824. 
There is some doubt as to whether this species occurs 
in Cuba. Acufia (in Estac. Exper. Agron. Bol. Téc. 60 
(Cat. Deser. Orquid. Cub.) (1989) 107) gives ‘‘Guanté- 
namo, Oriente’? without any collector. I have seen a 
Cuban collection (Wright 3313) of Cattleyopsis Ortgie- 
siana (labeled Broughtonia sanguinea and reported as 
such by Grisebach Cat. Pl. Cub. (1866) 268) with the 
above data on the label. Since these two species are super- 
ficially so much alike, it may be that Acufia interpreted 
this collection as B. sanguinea. I have not seen any ma- 
terial of this species from Cuba. 
According to Gunter (Orch. Zeyl. 4 (1987) 27), this 
species 1s found on trees in many parts of Jamaica (where 
it is apparently endemic), either where the rainfall is 
heavy or in regions that are dry during a part of the 
year. It occurs from near sea level up to 2500 feet alti- 
tude and the plants, wherever found, grow luxuriantly 
and produce flowers which vary in color from deep crim- 
son to light pink with purplish veins. 
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