Author: Harold Koopowitz
Publisher: Timber Pr
ISBN: 9780881928648
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Offers a comprehensive, informative manual on how to grow, collect, and hybridize a variety of beautiful slipper orchids, offering detailed descriptions of a wide range paphiodpedilum and phragmidpedium orchid species, as well as essential care, cultivation, and plant selection guidelines.
Tropical Slipper Orchids
Author: Harold Koopowitz
Publisher: Timber Pr
ISBN: 9780881928648
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Offers a comprehensive, informative manual on how to grow, collect, and hybridize a variety of beautiful slipper orchids, offering detailed descriptions of a wide range paphiodpedilum and phragmidpedium orchid species, as well as essential care, cultivation, and plant selection guidelines.
Publisher: Timber Pr
ISBN: 9780881928648
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Offers a comprehensive, informative manual on how to grow, collect, and hybridize a variety of beautiful slipper orchids, offering detailed descriptions of a wide range paphiodpedilum and phragmidpedium orchid species, as well as essential care, cultivation, and plant selection guidelines.
Slipper Orchids of the Tropical Americas
Author: Phillip Cribb
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789838121750
Category : Slipper orchids
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Slipper orchids are amongst the most popular of all cultivated orchids. They are widely grown and have been hybridised for almost a century and a half. This book covers the tropical American species of three genera of slipper orchids, Selenipedium, Mexipedium and Phragmipedium. Until fairly recently the slipper orchid scene has been dominated by the tropical Asian species of the genus Paphiopedilum, however the discovery of a suite of spectacular new species, particularly in the genus Phragmipedium and of the monotypic Mexipedium xerophyticum,a true missing link, has transformed appreciation of the tropical American slipper orchid species. The new generation of hybrids that have resulted are showy, brightly coloured and long-lasting - favourites on the show bench and in the amateur greenhouse.This is the first monograph in English to cover the tropical American slipper orchids. Written by Phillip Cribb, perhaps the leading orchid taxonomist in the world, together with Christopher Purver, Director of the Eric Young Orchid Foundation, on the Isle of Jersey, renowned for its Phragmipedium breeding program.The authors provide a detailed systematic treatment of the genera and species, including their history,taxonomy, description, keys, distribution, cytology and ecology. A history of the breeding ofPhragmipedium hyrids since the second half of the 19th century deals with the revolution broughtabout by the discovery of the amazing scarlet -flowered P.besseae and the spectacular royal purple P. kovachii. Future breeding trends are also covered and the cultivation of these desirable plants is also discussed.Beautifully illustrated throughout with colour botanical paintings by Carol Woodin, as well as black andwhite line drawings, colour photographs and maps.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789838121750
Category : Slipper orchids
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Slipper orchids are amongst the most popular of all cultivated orchids. They are widely grown and have been hybridised for almost a century and a half. This book covers the tropical American species of three genera of slipper orchids, Selenipedium, Mexipedium and Phragmipedium. Until fairly recently the slipper orchid scene has been dominated by the tropical Asian species of the genus Paphiopedilum, however the discovery of a suite of spectacular new species, particularly in the genus Phragmipedium and of the monotypic Mexipedium xerophyticum,a true missing link, has transformed appreciation of the tropical American slipper orchid species. The new generation of hybrids that have resulted are showy, brightly coloured and long-lasting - favourites on the show bench and in the amateur greenhouse.This is the first monograph in English to cover the tropical American slipper orchids. Written by Phillip Cribb, perhaps the leading orchid taxonomist in the world, together with Christopher Purver, Director of the Eric Young Orchid Foundation, on the Isle of Jersey, renowned for its Phragmipedium breeding program.The authors provide a detailed systematic treatment of the genera and species, including their history,taxonomy, description, keys, distribution, cytology and ecology. A history of the breeding ofPhragmipedium hyrids since the second half of the 19th century deals with the revolution broughtabout by the discovery of the amazing scarlet -flowered P.besseae and the spectacular royal purple P. kovachii. Future breeding trends are also covered and the cultivation of these desirable plants is also discussed.Beautifully illustrated throughout with colour botanical paintings by Carol Woodin, as well as black andwhite line drawings, colour photographs and maps.
Slipper Orchids of Borneo
Author: Phillip Cribb
Publisher: Natural History Publications (Borneo)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Slipper orchids, of the genus Paphiopedilum, vie with pitcher plants as Borneo's most spectacularplants. Sadly, many are now rare in the wild and threatened with extinction. In this book, the history, taxonomy, distribution and biology of these extraordinary plants are described. Illustratedthroughout with all the species described pictured.
Publisher: Natural History Publications (Borneo)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Slipper orchids, of the genus Paphiopedilum, vie with pitcher plants as Borneo's most spectacularplants. Sadly, many are now rare in the wild and threatened with extinction. In this book, the history, taxonomy, distribution and biology of these extraordinary plants are described. Illustratedthroughout with all the species described pictured.
Slipper Orchids of Vietnam
Author: L. V. Averʹi︠a︡nov
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Following an overview of Vietnam's geology, climate zones, vegetation, and slipper orchid genera, international botanists present the first detailed description of the country's 22 lovely but highly endangered Paphiopedilum species and natural hybrids. Entries cover their morphology, ecology, history, in situ flowering period, habitat, and status. The final section treats conservation efforts. Includes color photographs, botanical drawings, distribution maps, and climatological data graphs. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Following an overview of Vietnam's geology, climate zones, vegetation, and slipper orchid genera, international botanists present the first detailed description of the country's 22 lovely but highly endangered Paphiopedilum species and natural hybrids. Entries cover their morphology, ecology, history, in situ flowering period, habitat, and status. The final section treats conservation efforts. Includes color photographs, botanical drawings, distribution maps, and climatological data graphs. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Native Orchids of Minnesota
Author: Welby Richmond Smith
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816678235
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Revision of: Orchids of Minnesota / Welby R. Smith; illustrated by Vera Ming Wong. -- Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, c1993.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816678235
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Revision of: Orchids of Minnesota / Welby R. Smith; illustrated by Vera Ming Wong. -- Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, c1993.
The Tropical Asiatic Slipper Orchids
Author: Keith Stanley Bennett
Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Orchids
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Orchids
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Lady's Slipper
Author: Deborah Swift
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429925760
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
1660. King Charles II has returned from exile, but memories of the English Civil War still rankle. There are old scores to settle, and religious differences threaten to overturn a fragile peace. When Alice Ibbetson discovers a rare orchid, the Lady's Slipper, growing in a wood belonging to Richard Wheeler, she is captivated by its beauty— though Wheeler, a Quaker, is determined to keep the flower where God intended it to grow. Knowing that the orchid is the last of its kind, she steals the flower, little dreaming that her seemingly simple act will set off a chain of events that will lead to murder and exile, and change her life forever...
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429925760
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
1660. King Charles II has returned from exile, but memories of the English Civil War still rankle. There are old scores to settle, and religious differences threaten to overturn a fragile peace. When Alice Ibbetson discovers a rare orchid, the Lady's Slipper, growing in a wood belonging to Richard Wheeler, she is captivated by its beauty— though Wheeler, a Quaker, is determined to keep the flower where God intended it to grow. Knowing that the orchid is the last of its kind, she steals the flower, little dreaming that her seemingly simple act will set off a chain of events that will lead to murder and exile, and change her life forever...
The Genus Paphiopedilum
Author: Guido J. Braem
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Orchid culture
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Orchid culture
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Hardy Cypripedium
Author: Werner Frosch
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
ISBN: 9781842464649
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The main feature of this book is the array of spectacular and beautiful photography of the 50 species and 100 hybrids of Cypripedium. The accompanying text includes plant descriptions, distribution, ecology, habitat and habit, as well as cultivation methods and details of nurseries offering slipper orchids. Other sections cover the history, morphology, ecology and conservation of Cypripedium.
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
ISBN: 9781842464649
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The main feature of this book is the array of spectacular and beautiful photography of the 50 species and 100 hybrids of Cypripedium. The accompanying text includes plant descriptions, distribution, ecology, habitat and habit, as well as cultivation methods and details of nurseries offering slipper orchids. Other sections cover the history, morphology, ecology and conservation of Cypripedium.
Huntleyas and Related Orchids
Author: Patricia A. Harding
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN: 0881928844
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Offers in-depth profiles of two hundred huntleya orchid species, with detailed descriptions of key characteristics, identification tips, and practical cultivation and care techniques.
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN: 0881928844
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Offers in-depth profiles of two hundred huntleya orchid species, with detailed descriptions of key characteristics, identification tips, and practical cultivation and care techniques.