Lycaste, Ida And Anguloa The Essential Guide.
£40.00
Publisher
Published by the author. Printed by Cambrian Printers, Aberystwyth.
Place
Beckenham
Date
2008
Synopsis
[by] dr henry francis oakeley.
Item Description
FIRST EDITION. Square 4to. 12 x 12 inches. [viii] + 445 pp. Bound in original black cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout by colour photographs. This book is about the species and natural hybrids in Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa; fascinating and elegant orchids from Latin America. It contains descriptions of nearly 150 species, natural hybrids and varieties, with photographs, historical notes, cultivation information, habitat details, and information on everything from location of type specimens and pollination mechanisms to how to prepare plants for exhibition. The extensive annotated bibliography and the information on some 350 synonyms and invalid names is an invaluable resource for researchers, but the 1,400 photographs provide an easy pictorial guide to the identification of these rare and beautiful plants. Dr. Henry Francis Oakeley holds the UK National Collection for these genera of orchids. He occupied positions at the Royal Horticultural Society, the Orchid Society of Great Britain, the Royal College of Physicians of London, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
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