Broughtonia negrilensis Fowlie 1961 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl
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Common Name Negril Broughtonia [Town In Western Jamaica]
Flower Size 2 to 2 1/2" [5 to 6.25 cm]
From western Jamaica, a small sized, warm to hot growing epiphyte and occasional terrestrial below orchid bearing trees on rocks and leaf detrius at elevations around 89 meters, that are best mounted on cork or wood as they need to dry out completely between waterings, with ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 1 to 3, apical, leaves blooms in the late fall or early winter on an apical, terminal, to 40" [to 100 cm] long, sometimes branching, inflorescence with up to 15 successive opening, non-fragrant flowers with up to 3 at a time occuring in the upper quarter.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 12 1987 photo; Cattleyas and Their Relatives Withner Vol 4 1996 photo fide; Orchids of Jamaica Glioudin & Tobisch 1995; Orchidaceae Antillanae Nir 2000; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 2 2006 photo;
Broughtonia negrilensis 'Diana' HCC/AOS Fowlie
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