Powells' Horticultural Garden 
ORCHIDS ON LY 
Balboa, Canal Zone. Panama 
109 
June 20, 1922 
BALBOA, C. Z., PA N AM A _192 
My dear Dr Aries: 
Your letter of 7th was received by me tonight; and, 
although you will not receive this before your departure, I thought 
it best to reply so that you would find my letter on your return,, 
after 
fearing that I might overlook the matter a± so long a time. 
I am referring particularly to my Do 83 in Kew Herb. This plant 
was originally sent to me by Mr Lahkester of Cartago, Costa Rica, 
without name. Later upon my trip to Chiriqui I procured several 
plants with the same flowers. Later Mr Lahkester wrote me it was 
E; spondiadum w$) 
jT It flowered soon after I received it from Mr L., 
advising him that it was from Costa. Rica, 
and I sent /a flower specimen to Mr RolfWham the Chiriqui plant 
1920 ' 
flowered in April/1 sent an additional specimen to Mr .Rolfe with 
a memoirending n Do 83' Epidendrum pr spondiadum - additional. 
Chiriqui, 45G0-5uuu feet# 
The specimen of D5~~83 sent you Apl 16, 1919 was 
f] si Costa Rica and I have since learned that it was E. spondiadum. 
WI a in Chiriqui on my last trip I procured a number of this plant. 
S< ne now know that it is from Panama as well as Coata Rica. 
Pseudobulbs similar to E.atropurpureum, but the 
eaves are narrower. Flowers,green sepals and petals, lip cordate 
with purple lines dovrn the center " 
Mr Rolfe wrote me under date of Oct 27, )920 ag 
follows: "I compared your Do 8^ w.ith the original of E.profusum Rolfe 
{ B.M.t '8551) and it is really different. I did not quite mhkaout 
what it was, but shall try again ". ' 
Dr Schlechter upon receipt of specimen Do 83 wrote 
me "Do '83. Encyclia, profusa, ? Can this really be the E. profusum of 
Rolfe. I have as yet not been able to get the plate of the Dot Mag 
t 8551 " To this I replied under date of Oct 12,1921. "ITO," The 
matter thus stands. Recently I have sent.him a pressed and dried 
specimen of the plant and more flowers, and I am now looking for his 
revision of the name. S e uncertainty of the. name is the cause 
of your not having been sent a specimen. I have it all ready, 
I thank you for these observations of yours and I hope 
you will keep them up. 
Most sincerely yours 
