The Cape orchids
Subtitle: a regional monograph of the orchids of the Cape Floristic Region
By: William R. Liltved, Steven D. Johnson
Contributors: Johnson, Steven (Professor); Cadell, Eleanor-Mary
Publisher: Sandstone Editions
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cape Town, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1022
ISBN-13: 9780987019707; 9780987019714; 9780987019721; 9780987019738; 9780987019745
Subjects: Orchids; Classification; Identification; Flowering; Morphology; Propagation; Reproduction
Notes: In slipcase.

"Supplementary addendum to "The Cape orchids" is available for download from the website www.capeorchids.co.za "

Includes bibliographical references (p. 986-1003) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: History of botanical exploration --; title: Harry Bolus (1834-1911), his life and botanical works  -- Hilary Cochrane; title: Morphology of orchids  -- Hubert Kurzweil, William Liltved and Trevor Edwards; title: Orchids and fire --; title: Pollination and natural hybridisation --; title: Cultivation and artificial hybridisation --; title: The terrestrials --; title: The epiphytes.