Masprvatiia Estrap”. 
Consul Lehmann agrees with me in considering J. ludibunda Rehb. f. to be only a 
variety of M. Estradw, and supplies, as follows, information concerning their habitat, 
hitherto unknown : 
Masdevallia Estrade grows on trees in thick damp woods in Antioquia and Cundinamarca, at an 
elevation of 2,000 to 2,500 métres (6,500 to $125 feet). It is abundant on the Alto de Alegrias and Cerro 
Horqueta on the Western Andes of Antioquia ; about Carolina on the Highlands of Santa Rosa; near La 
Palma and on the Alto de San Miguel near Medellin ; and about the Ronee and the Encimada near 
Sonson and Aguadas. In Antioquia M/. Estrade grows mixed with MZ. vanthina, but the two species are 
easily to be hifing uished even when out of flower. The climate of these localities is extremely damp, few 
days in the year passing without rain, and the average temperature is between 14° and 18° Centigrade 
(about 57° to 64° Fahrenheit). 
The variety /udibunda (M. ludibunda Rehb. f.) grows in a similar climate in great abundance on the 
western slopes of the Péiramo de Guerrero, the Alto Chaquira and the Paramo de Rabon in the vicinity of 
Pacho, Cundinamarca, and also near Zipaquira. 
