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CHAPTER X. 



PACHO — COAL-MINES VEGETATION TWELVE THOUSAND 



FEET ABOVE SEA-LEVEL BIRDS — ORCHID EOREST 



EMERALD MINES — IN SEARCH OF CATTLEYA WAR- 



SCEWICZII — VILLAGE OF LA PALMA BUTTERFLIES 



ODONTOGL OSSUM PESCA TORE I — IBAGUE. 



This most popular orchid, Odontoglossum crispum, 

 is found over a very wide range of country, extending 

 on the north from the borders of the State of Cun- 

 dinamarca to the frontier of Ecuador on the south. 

 But although the district of the plant is so large, a 

 little town called Pacho has always been the rendez- 

 vous of the collectors of Odontoglossum crispum, 

 and it has already secured for itself fame in having 

 produced the best varieties. This in many respects 

 is right, as the flowers found in the ran^e of mountains 

 directly adjoining this village are, as a rule, round and 

 full, of a fine form, and beautifully fringed, while on 

 the more southern range the flowers are of the type 

 known as "starry," or having the petals very much 

 divided one from another. But many perfectly white 



