Powells 1 Horticultural Garden 
ORCHIDS ON LY 
Balboa, Canal Zone, Panama 
150 
BALBOA, C. Z., 
December «,l922 
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My dear Dr Ames. 
I am sending you by registered post tomorrow the 
following specimens 
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No F Habenaria ______? 
Q IT 7 
. 132 Epidendrum, eburneum- Reich.f. 
236 Pleurothalie, Wagnerii- Schtr. 
258 Selenipedium, chica - Reich.f. 
259 Epidendrum-? „ . 
0 36 Gongora, unicolor - Schtr. ,N.S. From costa Rica, 
’ This will he the only Costa Rican specimen I will send, 
and I only send this because I have heretofore sent it 
to Dr Schlechter and it was determined by him. This you 
can disregard or not as you think: proper. 
I wish you to note the No 259 because of its resemblance.to No 
" 82 Epid Chlocorymbis and its having come from Chiriqui, 
while Chlocorymbis is from Sea level.No 82 is nearly double tk 
the size flowers and a larger plant, than No 259. 
I am still holding the undetermined specimens of which I asked 
instructions in my letter of Nov 20th. and which I was 
expecting an answer to by yesterdays mail. 
There have been but few flowers opened out in the past 6 weeks 
because of the excessive rains; which is now about,over, 
as it has not rained,but only sprinkled,for the past 
we k. Very many flov?er spikes are showing at tnis time 
and will mature in a few more days. 
When No 259 is determined,kindly fill in name on label and advise 
me in your first writing thereafter. I would also like 
you to" number the Habenarias A to G as follows 
A- 260 B- 261, C-262, D-263 f E-264 f F-265, G -266 and 
advise’ determinations under these numbers, when made,*^ 
J LaJLvA- . 
Am very busy looking after the success of our new venture. 
Very sincerely yours 
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