The orchid is one of the most treasured flowers in the world. Now all the species and varieties of orchids are carefully detailed and categorized in this comprehensive guide. Compiled by Botanica's expert editors, this exhaustive reference stands alongside their equally impressive Annuals and Perennials, Trees and Shrubs, Roses, Gardening Encyclopedia, and Organic Gardening. Over 2,500 color photographs capture the beauty of the over 1,200 varieties of orchids listed. Complete with a reference table and glossary, this compendium is easy to use, portable, and modestly priced.
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Twenty beautiful, brilliantly colored prints of rare orchids from the New York Botanical Garden collection housed in a keepsake box to be published in time for the wildly popular annual Orchid Show at the NYBG This elegant box of prints ...
Published in Association with Selby Botanical Gardens PressThe hundreds of orchid genera and thousands of species can seem unbelievably complex, but they are beautiful, mysterious, and alluring. Therefore we want...
Revelations of a Botanist Peter Bernhardt. To the memory of Sarah Samuels — who knew that her grandson would make his way Contents Foreword by Peter H. Raven xi Part One Eccentric.
"Four seasons of Orchids is an exquisitely illustrated guide to the world's most beautiful flowering plants.
A definitive handbook offers the latest information on the selection, care, and propagation of easy care and new orchid varieties, with step-by-step instructions on how to select, pot, stake, and care for orchids and practical advice on ...
In the exquisitely illustrated Extraordinary Orchids, award-winning botanist and writer Sandra Knapp tells the stories behind some of the bizarre lifestyles and interactions that scientists have uncovered among many species of the orchid ...
During this period, the text was provided by John Bellenden Ker Gawler, and Edwards himself provided paintings, which were engraved and hand-colored by others.After Edwards' death, editorial duties passed to the publisher, James Ridgway, ...
The many color photographs in Orchids of the Northeast makes this book a visual—as well as a botanical—treasure.
With over 600 pages and 1,500 plants listed, this is the ultimate book on orchids.