University of Chicago Press, 2017. — 658 p. — ISBN: 978-0-226-22452-7. One in every seven flowering plants on earth is an orchid. Yet orchids retain an air of exotic mystery — and they remain remarkably misunderstood and underappreciated. The orchid family contains an astonishing array of colors, forms, and smells that captivate growers from all walks of life across the globe....
World Scientific Publishing Company, 2017. — 471 p. — ISBN10: 9813109211, ISBN13: 978-9813109216. This book provides a first hand and complete information on orchid biotechnology for orchid lovers, graduate students, researchers and industry growers. It contains comprehensive genomics and transcriptomics data, and a thorough discussion of the molecular mechanism of orchid...
London: A&C Black Publishers Ltd., 2006. – 640 p. This comprehensive field guide covers the identification, biology, and conservation of more than 520 species of orchid found in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. The detailed text and 1270 color photographs and line drawings allow specialists, as well as avid botanists and interested tourists, to identify the wild...
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. — 313 p. At once delicate, exotic, and elegant, orchids are beloved for their singular, instantly recognizable beauty. Found in nearly every climate, the many species of orchid have carried symbolic weight in countless cultures over time. The ancient Greeks associated them with fertility and thought that parents who ingested orchid...
Springer Science + Business Media, 2009, 446 p. This is the 10th volume in a series which was initiated in 1977. Like previous volumes, it contains scientific peer reviewed reviews on topics dealing with orchids. These topics include 1) a history of orchid breeders in Singapore, 2) discussion of research on pollen effects on orchid flowers carried out a century ago by the...
Springer, 2010. — 287 p. — ISBN: 3211997547. This study presents a floristic survey of orchid species occurring in the Serra do Japi in São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. The region studied is strategically placed in the transitional zone between interior semi-deciduous mesophytic forests and the Atlantic forest, presenting species from both formations and is characterized by...
Cambridge University Press, 1995. — 460 p. — ISBN10: 0521048818 Terrestrial orchids have a wide appeal, but unfortunately they rank among the most vulnerable of all plant species, and little is known about how they reproduce in nature. This book contains a detailed survey of the biology of terrestrial orchids, from seed dispersal to establishment and life of the adult plant,...
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