Additions to the Orchid Flora of Central America
Author | : Oakes Ames |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1923 |
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Author | : Oakes Ames |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1923 |
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ISBN | : |
Author | : Oakes Ames |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1924 |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 630 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Botany |
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Author | : |
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Total Pages | : 1062 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Orchids |
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Author | : Susan Orlean |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2011-07-20 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307795292 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean’s wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered flower—the rare ghost orchid Polyrrhiza lindenii—a deeply eccentric and oddly attractive man named John Laroche leads Orlean on an unforgettable tour of America’s strange flower-selling subculture, through Florida’s swamps and beyond, along with the Seminoles who help him and the forces of justice who fight him. In the end, Orlean—and the reader—will have more respect for underdog determination and a powerful new definition of passion. In this new edition, coming fifteen years after its initial publication and twenty years after she first met the “orchid thief,” Orlean revisits this unforgettable world, and the route by which it was brought to the screen in the film Adaptation, in a new retrospective essay. Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more. Praise for The Orchid Thief “Stylishly written, whimsical yet sophisticated, quirkily detailed and full of empathy . . . The Orchid Thief shows [Orlean’s] gifts in full bloom.”—The New York Times Book Review “Fascinating . . . an engrossing journey [full] of theft, hatred, greed, jealousy, madness, and backstabbing.”—Los Angeles Times “Orlean’s snapshot-vivid, pitch-perfect prose . . . is fast becoming one of our national treasures.”—The Washington Post Book World “Orlean’s gifts [are] her ear for the self-skewing dialogue, her eye for the incongruous, convincing detail, and her Didion-like deftness in description.”—Boston Sunday Globe “A swashbuckling piece of reporting that celebrates some virtues that made America great.”—The Wall Street Journal
Author | : American Orchid Society |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Orchid culture |
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Author | : Robert L. Dressler |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2019-06-07 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1501734148 |
The first field guide to the orchids of Costa Rica and Panama, this book is lavishly illustrated with 240 stunning color photographs and 229 line drawings. It contains keys to all the orchid genera in the region and most of the orchid species. To enable nonbotanists to identify at least the genus of orchids, Robert L. Dressler emphasizes features that can be readily seen with the naked eye or a hand lens. Written in a friendly and accessible style, this guide begins with succinct descriptions of the geography, climate, and vegetation of Costa Rica and Panama, and includes appropriate comments on the peoples and cultures of the area. A discussion of orchid structure and ecology follows. The identification keys are preceded by instructions for use, and a general key directs the user to the appropriate chapter, where condensed descriptions and additional keys narrow the choices for the plants identity. Dressler avoids complex terminology and supplies a glossary of technical terms that will he helpful to those unfamiliar with botanical vocabulary. A short appendix describes how to prepare orchids for study, and summarizes laws that affect plant collectors, and another lists the authors of species names used in the guide. Reflecting the autor's deep and broad knowledge of the orchids of tropical Latin America, this field guide is certain to prove valuable to botanists, field biologists, orchid hobbyists, and tourists interested in natural history.
Author | : United States National Museum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Science |
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Author | : Johannes Jacobus Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Orchids |
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Author | : James Bateman |
Publisher | : John Denson |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2008-11-29 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : 0557659833 |
The Orchids of Mexico and Guatemala is a lavishly illustrated orchid classic from the mid-19th century. This book describes an orchid expedition and the adventures that collectors experienced in the New World. Forty orchids are featured with beautiful full color illustrations. This book is a revised and expanded edition of the original 1843 edition. Originally, only royalty and the wealthiest men in Europe could purchase this book. Now it is available to every orchid enthusiast.