The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala.
New York: Johnson Reprint, (1973. facsimile). Folio, 40 colour plates. Publisher's green cloth, limited to 1000 numbered copies, a fine copy. First published 1837-1842. More
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Preliminary checklist of Australian Orchidaceae.
Canberra: National Botanic Gardens, 1982. Quarto, paperback, bookplate. More
A guide to Dendrobium of the Philippines.
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, map. The second largest orchid genus, Dendrobiums are one of the most widely distributed genera. The genus, when taken in the broad sense, and as represented in the Philippines, has about 110 species. In fact, the Philippines is considered one..... More
Orchidelirium.
New York: Bulfinch Press, 2007. Quarto, colour photographs. Dustwrappers in various states of disrepair. WAS $85. This volume offers images of staggering detail and subtlety. Nobody has been able to match Feinstein's mastery of flower photography, and nowhere is his remarkable talent as evident as it is in these pictures..... More
A guide to the orchids of Hong Kong.
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 2014. Octavo, colour photographs, map. A total of 133 species of orchid have been recorded in Hong Kong. For the first time, this book compiles images and data on all 97 extant local species in the format of a full-colour, easy-to-use, quick reference field guide..... More
Orchids of Britain and Ireland: a field and site guide.
London: A & C Black, (2005. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, maps, paperback. For the first time, this book includes a detailed site guide, covering the best places to see orchids in Britain. More
Orchids of Britain and Ireland: a field and site guide.
London: A & C Black, (2009. second edition). Octavo, colour photographs, maps, paperback. Orchids have long held a fascination, both for keen botanists and the general public. From the mania of Victorian collectors to the enthusiasm of modern photographers, this family of flowering plants has a strange and exotic appeal..... More
A pocket guide to the orchids of Britain and Ireland.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. The orchid family is one of the largest plant families in the world, reaching its highest diversity in the tropics where their exotic and colourful flowers are often truly breathtaking. Britain and Ireland have just 56 species of wild orchid, some of..... More
Orchid pollinators of Victoria: Supplement 2015.
Seaford: Aquatic Photographics:, 2015. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. And 19 page Supplement. Now comprising of close to 1,200 images, this bestselling guide has effectively doubled in size. This new edition has greatly expanded sections on bees and flies demonstrating how amazing they are and what little was known about them..... More
Britain's orchids: a guide to the identification and ecology of the wild orchids of Britain and Ireland.
Princeton: Princeton University Press/WILDGuides, 2004. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. A comprehensive photographic guide to the orchids of Britain and Ireland, covering the 51 species recorded, including all the varieties and sub-species, as well as 9 species of uncertain or doubtful provenance. More
Sertum orchidaceum: a wreath of the most beautiful orchidaceous flowers.
New York: Johnson Reprint, (1973. facsimile). Folio, 49 colour plates. Publisher's green cloth, limited edition of 1000 numbered copies, fine copy. First published 1838. More
Greenhood orchid Pterostylis sp.
Watercolour and gouache on Saunders Waterford board, 80mm by 270mm. An original painting prepared for and published in A Bush Capital Year (CSIRO 2011, Whitley Certificate winner 2012). More
Orchid monographs, Volume one A: Taxonomic revision of the genus Acriopsis Reinwardt ex Blume/Revisions in Coelogyninae.
Leiden: Brill/Rijksherbarium, 1986. paperback, colour illustrations. More
Botanica: the illustrated A-Z of 1000 garden plants for Australian gardens and how to cultivate them.
Sydney: Random House, (1997. first edition). Folio, colour photographs, fine copy dustwrapper. More
CITES Orchid checklist Volume one.
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1995. Octavo, paperback, Split into three parts, part 1 is an alphabetical list of all names, part 2 lists genera ordered by accepted names, and part 3 lists plants by country of origin. Genera covered include Cattleya, Cypripedium, Laelia, Paphiopedilum, Pleione, Sophronitis, Constantia, Paraphalaenopsis and Sophronitella..... More
CITES Orchid checklist volume three.
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2001. Octavo, paperback, Following the format of volume 1, volume 3 includes Aerangis, Angraecum, Ascocentrum, Bletilla, Brassavola, Calanthe, Miltonia, Miltonioides, Miltoniopsis, Renanthera, Renantherella, Rhynchostyllis, Rossioglossum, Vanda and Vandopsis. More
Rumphius' orchids: orchid texts from The Ambonese Herbal.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. WAS $35. A feast for orchid enthusiasts, botanists, historians, and biodiversity researchers alike, Rumphius' seventeenth-century study of tropical orchids is now available in English for the first time. Rumphius (1627-1702), founder of Indonesian botanical exploration..... More
Orchids of Peru.
Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1958-1970. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's printed wrappers, with separately issued title page. Fieldiana: Botany, Volume 30, numbers one to four and first supplement. More
Orchids of Margaret River and Australia's southwest capes.
North Fremantle: Cape to Cape, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations, map. A wonderful introduction to 130 native orchids of the Margaret River and southwest capes region of Western Australia. Full of clear colour photographs, this book will aid in identifying orchids found not only in this region, but..... More
Biology of Vanda Miss Joaquim.
Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2002. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations, maps. This is the ultimate book on Singapore's national flower. Created as a hybrid in Singapore, by the woman horticulturalist whose name it bears, it was first formally described in 1893 by "Mad" Ridley, of Singapore's Botanic Gardens. Fifty years later..... More
Native orchids of China in colour.
Beijing: Science Press, 1999. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. China has over 1240 species of native orchids in nearly 173 genera. Approximately one quarter are of horticultural merit, and some have attracted worldwide attention. The present work is a companion volume to the Orchids of China, published in 1998. Altogether..... More
John Lindley, 1799-1865: gardener-botanist and pioneer orchidologist.
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1999. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Commemorates the bicentenary of the birth of John Lindley, one of the most eminent, industrious, versatile and productive of nineteenth-century botanists. More
Wild Orchids in Myanmar: last paradise of wild orchids. Volume two: a poem of wild orchids.
Bangkok: AA The Foundation of Agricultural Development and Education, 2004. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Bilingual. Part of a three volume set which describes the various varieties of wild orchids left in Burma. Volume one [stock id 28019] and volume three [stock id 28017]. More
Orchids in South Africa: a gardener's guide.
Pretoria: Briza Books, 2014. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations. This handy guide shows new and existing growers how to care for their orchid plants. Learn how to treat, water and feed your orchids, how much shade or light they need, and how you need to grow, maintain and propagate..... More