Journal Hendrickson 1950 Nov. 21 Villavicencio, 1600 ft., Meta, Colombia, S.A. frequently. The vegetation is very dense; tangles of vines interlace almost all the other vegetation. Many large-leaved plants occur as understory vegetation or at edges of clearings. Cana-like plants are common, as are "banana-leaved" thin-stemmed plants: leaves about 8"x34", and "elephant-ear plants" (see species account of Xyla minuta). Orchids and other epiphytes (including many of what appear to be ferns) obscure the upper trunks and branches of many of the larger trees. I saw no orchids in flower. Ferns from bracken-like species to 8'-high species were common, as were other large ivad-like plants. We stopped at Caño Parrado (name from Carboz; some truck drivers questioned later thought this was upper end of what is called Caño Maisaro lower down near Villavicencio). I have just questioned the hotel desk clerk, and consulted a sketch map of Villavicencio; it is apparently impossible that the road to Bozota could cross Caño Parrado as high in the mountains (3100 ft.) as we were. It seems most likely that the canyon is Caño Maisaro, or a principal tributary of it.