I have set aside the genus Stelis for summer work. I hope to 
be able to finish the nonograph of the Central American and Mex¬ 
ican species for publication in the fall. As I have continued to 
have every species drawn, the plates will make this work a most 
useful one for the fellow v/ho struggles with Stelis in the future. 
Surely some of the bottled material you have secured will make 
possible some corrections among species that have had to be drawn 
from dried specimens. 
I stopped work on the comprehensive bibliography of C.A. ore- 
chids last October, but I have sach a wonderful beginning that I 
can give you a list of the Costa Rican things without any trouble 
at all; complete bibliography, if you want it, and a pretty good 
record of distribution. It is my intention to take up the work of 
finishing the bibliography for publication. It will be a distinct 
contribution if I ever have the courage and the funds to publish it. 
It will be necessary to limit the Panama list to the species 
that are known to come actually from the Zone. Otherwise, I fear th' 
task of compilation will be too great, and overburden your text, 
’’lien I made a lsit of the Zone products and of those species that m 
might come from just outside, I found the cards accumulating in a 
tall pile. Too many! 
