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The first issue was devoted to the genus Paphiopedilum (slipper orchids). The introductory articles cover the systematic position and distribution of each of the species, illustrated with colour photographs of the flower of each species to scale, and supplemented by habitat photographs and information on geographical distribution. This issue covers further aspects of this orchid genus, particularly relating to its cultivation and conservation.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, publisher of the country's first gardening handbooks more than half a century ago, remains America's most trusted source of garden information. Offering practical, step-by-step tips on how to make one's garden beautiful, this book features a spectacular array of orchids from showy cattleyas, paphiopedilums and cymbidiums to hybrids and lesser-known forms.
This action plan chronicles the threats faced by wild orchids, but more importantly to critical habitats that host extraordinarily high orchid diversity and endemicity. It explores and recommends specific ways that national and local government, legislators, scientists and orchid conservationists as well as growers can all help to reverse present trends. The facts and viewpoints presented in this comprehensive document update and supplement the information available to conservation organizations and agencies through the world so that they can lobby their appropriate government offices more effectively.
A reference covering over 22,000 genre of plants and thousands of species. Included are the botanical names, synonyms, homonyms, and the vernacular and trade names of the commonly accepted generic names.
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