Author: Karsten Wodrich
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000123812
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Providing a guide to the cultivation of both the terrestrial and epihytic orchid species growing in South Africa, this volume includes numerous hints, illustrations and photographs to help simplify the process. Detailed growing notes are given for over 60 terrestrial and over 40 epiphytic species.
Growing South African Indigenous Orchids
Author: Karsten Wodrich
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000123812
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Providing a guide to the cultivation of both the terrestrial and epihytic orchid species growing in South Africa, this volume includes numerous hints, illustrations and photographs to help simplify the process. Detailed growing notes are given for over 60 terrestrial and over 40 epiphytic species.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000123812
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Providing a guide to the cultivation of both the terrestrial and epihytic orchid species growing in South Africa, this volume includes numerous hints, illustrations and photographs to help simplify the process. Detailed growing notes are given for over 60 terrestrial and over 40 epiphytic species.
African Orchids in the Wild and in Cultivation
Author: I. F. La Croix
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The color photographs were taken in the field by Eric la Croix.
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The color photographs were taken in the field by Eric la Croix.
Southern African Epiphytic Orchids
Author: John S. Ball
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Orchids of South Africa
Author: Steve Johnson
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1775842630
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 2165
Book Description
Orchids of South Africa is the first field guide to local orchids to be published in over 30 years, and presents the more than 450 orchid species found in the region, including Lesotho and Swaziland. A comprehensive roundup of orchids in their natural habitat, the book features: multiple photos for each species, distribution maps, flowering time-bars, succinct text, enabling sure identification of these fascinating plants. An illustrated introduction discusses orchid structure, ecology and conservation status. Informative, colourful and easy-to-use, Orchids of South Africa is the authoritative update enthusiasts have been waiting for.
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1775842630
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 2165
Book Description
Orchids of South Africa is the first field guide to local orchids to be published in over 30 years, and presents the more than 450 orchid species found in the region, including Lesotho and Swaziland. A comprehensive roundup of orchids in their natural habitat, the book features: multiple photos for each species, distribution maps, flowering time-bars, succinct text, enabling sure identification of these fascinating plants. An illustrated introduction discusses orchid structure, ecology and conservation status. Informative, colourful and easy-to-use, Orchids of South Africa is the authoritative update enthusiasts have been waiting for.
The Cape Orchids
Author: William Rune Liltved
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780987019714
Category : Orchids
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780987019714
Category : Orchids
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
Wild Orchids of South Carolina
Author: James Alexander Fowler
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570035661
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
pubescens) and of locating the rare monkey-face orchid (Platanthera integrilabia).
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570035661
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
pubescens) and of locating the rare monkey-face orchid (Platanthera integrilabia).
Orchids Phytochemistry, Biology and Horticulture
Author: Jean-Michel Mérillon
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783030383930
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
This reference work provides an authoritative and comprehensive review of the latest developments in orchids’ biology, biotechnology and phytochemistry, and it also explores the applications of orchids in medicinal chemistry, nutrition and cosmetics industry. Chapters from expert contributors are organised into six sections and cover the entire gamut of orchid research and uses. In this work, readers will learn about topics such as biogeography and diversity of orchids, their biology and environmental factors, their horticulture and phytochemistry, and their use in agri-food, medicinal and perfumery industries. This book will appeal to graduate students, scholars, researchers interested in botany, agriculture, pharmacy, biotechnology and phytochemistry. Industrial scientists and those involved in marketing flowers and phytochemicals, plants and their extracts will also understand the importance of this reference work.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783030383930
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
This reference work provides an authoritative and comprehensive review of the latest developments in orchids’ biology, biotechnology and phytochemistry, and it also explores the applications of orchids in medicinal chemistry, nutrition and cosmetics industry. Chapters from expert contributors are organised into six sections and cover the entire gamut of orchid research and uses. In this work, readers will learn about topics such as biogeography and diversity of orchids, their biology and environmental factors, their horticulture and phytochemistry, and their use in agri-food, medicinal and perfumery industries. This book will appeal to graduate students, scholars, researchers interested in botany, agriculture, pharmacy, biotechnology and phytochemistry. Industrial scientists and those involved in marketing flowers and phytochemicals, plants and their extracts will also understand the importance of this reference work.
Orchids and Their Conservation
Author: Harold Koopowitz
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Given in memory of Lillian "Mom Siegert" by Claude and Clara Mounce.
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Given in memory of Lillian "Mom Siegert" by Claude and Clara Mounce.
Angraecoid Orchids
Author: Joyce Stewart
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN: 0881927880
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Bringing together descriptions of all 690 angraecoid orchid species—including those from Africa and Madagascar—for the first time, this account reflects the authors' close observation of the living plants in the wild and in cultivation and offers precise ecological information on habitat, altitude preferences, and flowering season of individual plants. Exquisite photographs and illustrations complement the authoritative text.
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN: 0881927880
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Bringing together descriptions of all 690 angraecoid orchid species—including those from Africa and Madagascar—for the first time, this account reflects the authors' close observation of the living plants in the wild and in cultivation and offers precise ecological information on habitat, altitude preferences, and flowering season of individual plants. Exquisite photographs and illustrations complement the authoritative text.
Britain's Orchids
Author: Sean Cole
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691177619
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
An accessible, comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide--the only one to cover all the orchids found in Britain and Ireland Covering more than fifty species as well as hybrids and variants, this is an engaging, intuitive and in-depth identification guide to all the orchids of Britain and Ireland at all stages of development, from first emergence through to setting seed. Drawing on the authors' extensive field experience and the latest scientific research, Britain's Orchids uses multiple techniques to help both beginner and more advanced orchid enthusiasts to identify even the trickiest plants. The book is beautifully illustrated with plates by talented artist Sarah Stribbling as well as more than 1,000 detailed, instructive and evocative photographs by the authors. Orchids have long fired the imagination with their beauty and rarity. This book aims to ignite or increase your passion for these special plants and for the conservation of their habitats, from remote mountaintops to urban wild spaces. The first book to cover all the species, subspecies and varieties, as well as hybrids, at all stages of development Lavishly illustrated with close to 100 stunning plates drawn to scale to show key identification features and more than 1,000 stunning photo showing orchids in their natural settings Simple, step-by-step system for identifying almost any orchid Up-to-date distribution maps and seasonal charts showing when each species can be seen in its various stages Special-feature identification keys that can be used on difficult plants
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691177619
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
An accessible, comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide--the only one to cover all the orchids found in Britain and Ireland Covering more than fifty species as well as hybrids and variants, this is an engaging, intuitive and in-depth identification guide to all the orchids of Britain and Ireland at all stages of development, from first emergence through to setting seed. Drawing on the authors' extensive field experience and the latest scientific research, Britain's Orchids uses multiple techniques to help both beginner and more advanced orchid enthusiasts to identify even the trickiest plants. The book is beautifully illustrated with plates by talented artist Sarah Stribbling as well as more than 1,000 detailed, instructive and evocative photographs by the authors. Orchids have long fired the imagination with their beauty and rarity. This book aims to ignite or increase your passion for these special plants and for the conservation of their habitats, from remote mountaintops to urban wild spaces. The first book to cover all the species, subspecies and varieties, as well as hybrids, at all stages of development Lavishly illustrated with close to 100 stunning plates drawn to scale to show key identification features and more than 1,000 stunning photo showing orchids in their natural settings Simple, step-by-step system for identifying almost any orchid Up-to-date distribution maps and seasonal charts showing when each species can be seen in its various stages Special-feature identification keys that can be used on difficult plants