Orchid Collecting in Central America
Author | : Paul Carpenter Standley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Orchids |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Paul Carpenter Standley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Orchids |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Paul Carpenter Standley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Orchidaea |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Joe E. Meisel |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2015-12-15 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : 0801454921 |
Orchids of Tropical America is an entertaining, informative, and splendidly illustrated introduction to the orchid family for enthusiasts and newcomers seeking to learn about more than 120 widespread orchid genera. Joe E. Meisel, Ronald S. Kaufmann, and Franco Pupulin bring alive the riot of colors, extraordinary shapes, and varied biology and ecology of the principal orchid genera ranging from Mexico and the Caribbean to Bolivia and Brazil. Orchids, likely the most diverse family of plants on earth, reach their peak diversity in the tropical countries of the Western Hemisphere, including, for example, more than 2,500 species in Brazil and 4,000 in Ecuador. The book also highlights reserves in the American tropics where travelers can enjoy orchids in the wild. Whether you journey abroad to see these unique plants, raise them in your home, or admire them from afar, this book offers fascinating insights into the diversity and natural history of orchids. Beyond the plant and flower descriptions, Orchids of Tropical America is packed with informative stories about the ecology and history of each genus. Pollination ecology is given in detail, with an emphasis on how floral features distinctive to the genus are linked to interaction with pollinators. This book also features information on medicinal and commercial uses, notes on the discoverers, and relevant historical data. The easy-to-use identification system permits quick recognition of the most common orchid groups in Central and South America. Genus descriptions are given in plain language designed for a nonscientific audience but will prove highly useful to advanced botanists as well. Descriptions focus on external morphology, and great care has been taken to ensure the guide is useful in the field without reliance on microscopes or dissections. Equally valuable as a field guide, a desktop reference, or a gift, Orchids of Tropical America will make an excellent addition to any orchid lover’s library. Visit the website for this book at www.orchidsoftropicalamerica.com.
Author | : Albert Millican |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Colombia |
ISBN | : |
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 | : 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 | : Albert Millican |
Publisher | : Sagwan Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2015-08-22 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781298939081 |
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Author | : Albert Millican |
Publisher | : Literary Licensing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2014-08-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781498195416 |
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1891 Edition.
Author | : Albert Millican |
Publisher | : Nabu Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2014-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781294835882 |
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Author | : Albert Millican |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2017-10-16 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780265390115 |
Excerpt from Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter: An Account of Canoe and Camp Life in Colombia, While Collecting Orchids in the Northern Andes In a work of illustrations like this, there is much which the amateur photographer must leave to be finished by the skilful artist. This has been entrusted to the hands of Gustave Guggenheim. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.