‘believe that the supply 
greater part of this country is still practically u 
.-has not produced anything 
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Harryana, &c. Also the pretty Oncidium cucullatum, Anguloas, and 
many more.” 
From Santander, crossing the Eastern Cordillera in a straight line, and 
after fifteen days travelling, four or five of them spent in tramping eternal 
snow, the traveller reached the other side, in the immense and grand region 
of Cazanare. ‘“‘ Here it is we find Cattleya Schroeder in all its glory. The 
first plants were taken out of this region in 1893, so it is, comparatively 
speaking, a virgin region, and will remain so for some time, for many 
_ reasons. C.. Schroeder is to-day the most abundant of all Colombian 
Cattleyas. It is found from about the 3° northern latitude up to about the 
7° but, like C. Trianz, it runs along the lower edges of the woods. The 
plants are of extraordinary vigour, and the size and the varieties are superb, 
compared with those of the older district of Villa Vicencio, where plants 
are still gathered, it being a less risky region.” 
Having taken in all the Colombian Cattleyas, Mr. Lager says a few 
words with respect to other Orchids and their distribution. He explored 
along the Eastern Cordillera as far south as Garzon, in the south of 
Tolima, and on the Central Cordillera as far as Pasto, finding Odontoglossum 
crispum in several places on the eastern chain, and on the central chain in 
two places, far apart, and never in any great quantities “until Pasto in 
southern Cauca was reached; here are any amount, but of the type called 
Lehmanni, with the characteristic five spots on the lip. Miltonia vexillaria 
is another plant whose home is Antioquia, yet a few plants have been found 
in Tolima, and then we lose sight of it again, to reappear in a slightly 
different form in Ecuador, under the name of M. vexillaria rubella.’ 
Sonson, south of Medellin, is a great region for Masdevallias, which occur 
everywhere in all shapes and colours. a 
Venezuela has four species of Cattleya, C. Mossiz and C. Percivaliana 
in the Cordillera de los Andes, C. speciosissima in the Cuspanera Cordillera, 
and C. Gaskelliana in the north-eastern part. Going southward to the 
Guianas, C. Lawrenceana occurs in the Roraima Mountains, and further 
south in the mountains above Pernambuco the well-known C. labiata, which 
Mr. Lager says is reported to be becoming scarce, though we were led to 
« would last to the end of time.” 
On looking at the map someone might ask if there are not plenty of 
Orchids in the immense territory lying between the Orinoco on ahe north 
and the Amazon on the South, including such rivers as the Rio Negro and 
its tributaries, Rio Guayabero, Rio Meta, &e. “ Cattleya Renae - 
surprising in Orchids. Almost the whole 
territory is very uniform in climatic conditions, and without any high 
