October 22, 1941 
Mr. C. H. Lankester 
Las Cdneavas 
Cartago, Costa Rica 
Dear Mr. Lankester: 
The bottle of containing No. 1497, which was preserved 
in CR. gin, and you letter have {Just arrived here. 
The little orchid is quite an interesting: one and 
I guess that it adds another genus to Costa Rica. It 
is Lepanthopsls floripectln (Reichb. f .) Ames. Iraes 
described this genua in No. 3 of the first volume of the 
Bot. Mus. Leaflets. You will find your 141tie plant 
illustrated there. The species has been previously collected 
in Honduras, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil. 
I went at once to the index to see if I might follow 
you suggestion and rename Brenesia for Alberto Brenes. I 
find that Sehlechter has already described a He urot hal l is 
Brenesii . The xsa m name lateralis is quite a distinctive 
one,” so far as I know there are only two species in the 
who e genus which have lateral inflorescences,- even though 
it appears quite similar to F. lateritia . 
Sdbralia is, I think, one of the toughest genera of 
Central American orchids. I have just finished, recently, 
the ms. for the erehids-eP-FaHama Sobralias in the flora 
of Panama and if the key ever works I will be surprised. 
Never-the -less 1 have had the temerity to describe two 
species of Sobralla from Panama recently. 41 1 this 
merely to say that I will be glad to see your specimen 
when it flowers again. 
Also I shall be glad to have a try at the Peculiar 
Triehopilia* 
It is interesting that you have PleurothaHis 
saccata agate. Apparently all of this that has ever been 
found was the piece that you sent to Kew and which they 
sent to Ames for deterra!nation,- and went back to Kew. 
That was fragmentary and only had the basal part of the 
leaf blade, some inflorescences arid a part of the stem. 
You had stated that that plant was a meter high. 
With my regards. 
