BROUGHTONIA SANGUINEA., 
[PLate 499]. 
Native of Jamaica and Cuba. 
Epiphytal. Psewdobulbs somewhat small, compressed, oblong-ovate, tapering at 
the tops, clustered, and marked with brownish scars of fallen bracts. Leaves 
borne in pairs on the apex of the pseudobulbs, linear, oblong, sheathing at the 
base, about four inches in length, olive-green in colour, and very thick and leathery 
in texture. Scape proceeding from between the leaves, terminal, slender, nodding, 
about a foot long, many-flowered, and with a small bract at each joint. Flowers 
about two and a half inches in diameter, of rich crimson colour, veined with a 
deeper shade, and very showy; sepals narrow, lanceolate, acuminate; petals broadly 
ovate, wavy, of a rich crimson throughout, as are also the sepals; lip roundish, 
cordate, with undulated margin, the front portion long and spreading, of a rich 
crimson, with a whitish blotch in the centre at the base, marked on the disk with 
orange-yellow, veined throughout with crimson, and with a slender spur at the base. 
Column very short. 
BROUGHTONIA SANGUINEA, R. Brown, in Aiton’s Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, v., p. 217. 
Lindley Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants p. 118. Botanical Magazine, 
t. 3076. Veitch’s Manual. of Orchidaceous Plants, Part vi., p. 131. Williams 
Orchid Grower's Manual, 7th ed., p. 131 (with woodcut). 
Broueuronta coccinga, Hooker, Botanical Magazine, t. 3536. Hooker's First 
Century of Orchidaceous Plants, t. 36. Loddiges’ Botanical Cabinet, t. 793. 
EpIpENDRUM sANGUINEUM, Reichenbach in Walper’s Annales Systematicae, 
vi, p. 824. Swartz Prodomus, p. 124. Van Houtte’s Flore des Serres, XxXii., 
%. 215. 
This popular and beautiful Orchid has been an inhabitant of our gardens for 
a considerable number of years, in fact it may be classed amongst the very first 
of epiphytal Orchids that were cultivated in this country. Nevertheless it still 
remains one of the most beautiful at the present day, although not so gorgeous as 
some of the larger and richly-coloured Cattleyas. It is to be found in almost 
every collection, and is perfectly distinct, even when not in flower. ; ae 
Broughtonia sanguinea is the only species in this genus that is in cultivation, 
and was first discovered by Mr. Walter Ewer, in Jamaica, where it grows im great 
abundance upon the branches of trees in close proximity to the seashore, and fully 
exposed to the sun. It flowers very profusely, and the brightness of its blossoms 
forms a beautiful contrast to any colours found in other Orchids. It was about 
the year 1793 that it was first found and sent to the Royal Gardens at Kew 
by the above-mentioned gentleman, when it was named by Dr. Robert Brown in 
honour of Mr. Arthur Broughton, an English botanist of that period. Since then 
