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CATTLEYA MOSSIZ. 
A PHOTOGRAPH of a fine specimen of Cattleya Mossiz, from the collection 
of Albert Pam, Esq., Little Hallingbury, Essex (gr. Mr. Wm. Smith), which 
has just flowered in the collection,’reminds us that this beautiful species has 
not yet been figured in our pages. This plant was brought over from 
Venezuela in the summer of last year by Mr. Pam, who remarks that ‘‘it 
Fig. 15. CATTLEYA Mossra. 
grows on a thick tree stump, the roots being protected with moss. Only 
part of the flowers are visible in the photo, as a great many grow from the 
sides and back of the stump. The flowers are particularly fine and are very 
large. The plant seems to thrive well on the tree stump, and shows as 
many new shoots this year as it did last.” It is certainly a very beautiful 
specimen, and such a plant enables one to realise to some extent what the 
beauty of the species must be when seen in its native surroundings. 
According to Spence, it is known as the Flor de Mayo at Caracas. 
