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Offers a comprehensive, informative manual on how to grow, collect, and hybridize a variety of beautiful slipper orchids, offering detailed descriptions of a wide range paphiodpedilum and phragmidpedium orchid species, as well as essential care, cultivation, and plant selection guidelines.
This book should not be seen as a work of science but as a book that is easy to read for the lover of orchids and especially for the lover of Paphiopedilum. It is intended for the connoisseurs who share the same inclination for this amazing flower. The book sets out to give the reader all round knowledge of the genus Paphiopedilum. It starts with the orchid hunters and how this increasing knowledge piloted the cultivation and multiplication of these amazing plants. This knowledge leads to the hybridization of different intra- and inter-subgenera to create man-made flowers of miraculous beauty. The book continues with the nomenclature of Cypripedieae its genera, sub-genera and species and varying opinions of it, followed by the cytogenesis of the genus Paphiopedilum, the colour management of its flowers, anatomy and morphology. The chapter 'Taxonomy' describes its historical development up to the present. The following chapter introduces all species of the genus Paphiopedilum with their specific botanical characteristics. The development of complex hybrids, maudiae type hybrids and multifloral hybrids are explained in detail. The last two chapters deal with some practical aspects of propagation, diseases and pests of the Paphiopedilum plant. All is presented in a unique artistic dialogue with the flowers as shown in all aquarelle paintings and illustration
Slipper orchids, of the genus Paphiopedilum, vie with pitcher plants as Borneo's most spectacularplants. Sadly, many are now rare in the wild and threatened with extinction. In this book, the history, taxonomy, distribution and biology of these extraordinary plants are described. Illustratedthroughout with all the species described pictured.
In an absorbing and attractive account of these unique and fascinating plants, 104 life-sized illustrations in colour, superbly executed in the medium of watercolour, of all five genera of the subfamily Cypripedioideae are presented in one volume for the first time. The plants selected for presentation include most of the species that are commonly grown in cultivation as well as carefully chosen representatives from among the primary and complex hybrids. Each of the exquisite colour plates is accompanied by a comprehensive text, which details the species' distinguishing features, their distribution in the wild, their natural habitats and the history of their introduction into cultivation. -- Jacket.
Following an overview of Vietnam's geology, climate zones, vegetation, and slipper orchid genera, international botanists present the first detailed description of the country's 22 lovely but highly endangered Paphiopedilum species and natural hybrids. Entries cover their morphology, ecology, history, in situ flowering period, habitat, and status. The final section treats conservation efforts. Includes color photographs, botanical drawings, distribution maps, and climatological data graphs. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).