Maspevaniia Hourrrana. 
They differ slightly from the type in the size and colouring of the flowers, and are no 
longer considered to be specifically distinct. 
I am informed by Consul Lehmann that he has found this species near El 
and also in damp woods between Itagni and Eliconia, in Antioquia, at an elevati 
1,800 to 2,300 métres (5,850 to 7,475 feet). In a wild state it flowers twice in the year, 
during April and May, and again in October and November. It grows among copse or 
brush-wood, generally on the ground, but sometimes also on the mossy trunks of trees, 
the long narrow leaves forming very dense masses, from among which the flowers appear 
in great abundance, like a thick fringe upon the outer edge of the plants, a character- 
istic retained in cultivation and well shown in the accompanying wood-cut. 
Retiro, 
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