Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications/Royal Botanic Gardens, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, photographs and illustrations, line drawings. Calanthe is a widespread but predominantly tropical orchid genus, distributed in tropical and subtropical Asia from India across to Japan, and southwards and eastwards to north-eastern Australia and the Pacific Islands, east to Tahiti, tropical..... More
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
Kew: Kew Publishing, (2008. reprint). Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. A welcome reprint of this important monograph on the temperate slipper orchids by distinguished author, Phillip Cribb. The text covers their history, biology, evolution, conservation, cultivation and classification, is taxonomically arranged, and is enhanced by a series of 27..... More
Portland: Timber Press, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. With their refined beauty and elegant flower form, Moth orchids (members of the genus Phalaenopsis) are often referred to as the basic black of the orchid world. In fact, moth orchids are the most popular orchids in the world, accounting for a...... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 2015. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. Describes all 288 known species and subspecies found in Borneo, over half of which are endemic. Comprehensive and up to date, each species is illustrated by either colour photographs or text illustrations, and in most cases both... More
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Society, 2003. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. Revises the classification of Borneo orchids, brings the nomenclature published in rior parts up-to-date and describes and illustrates a further 100 taxa from a wide array of genera. More
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications/Royal Botanic Gardens, 2001. Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. Dendrochilums are a conspicuous element of the lower montane forest environment in Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines. Of the estimated 263 species in the genus, 81 (87 including subspecies and varieties) are currently recognized from..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Describes how orchids survive and thrive in the harshest of environments, from tropical cloud forests to the Arctic, from semi-deserts to rocky mountainsides; how their shapes, colours, and scents are, as Darwin put it, beautiful contrivances meant to dupe pollinating..... More