Genera Orchidacearum

Genera Orchidacearum

Genera Orchidacearum

Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part 1)
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hardback Mar 2001 ISBN13: 9780198507109ISBN10: 0198507100 "[B]eautifully illustrated"--The Professional Gardener


 
Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part One)
Edited by Alec M. Pridgeon, Phillip J. Cribb, Mark W. Chase, and Finn N. Rasmussen

Orchids are among the most popular and widely collected of plant families, with tropical species and hybrids cultivated around the world. As the largest monocot, they are one of the most variegated of plant families with roughly 20,000 species. However, due to a lack of fossil records, a relative scarcity of research and the size and geographical distribution of the family, they remain one of the least understood plants. Until now…