Description
A total of 527 species of orchids and 25 varieties in 89 genera constitute this monumental study. All the genera are illustrated, in addition to more than 100 additional species in 204 accurate black-and-white illustrations. Detailed entries for each and every orchid give distinguishing characteristics, color, flower descriptions, precise measurements, natural habitat, soil conditions, and more. A number of the major genera are:
Cypripedium
Phragmipedium
Habenaria
Vanilla
Crybe
Erythrodes
Corymborchis
Lepanthes
Malaxis
Hexisia
Cattleya
Govenia
Stanhopea
Maxillaria
Palumbina
Aspasia
Ionopsis
Brassia
Ponera
Dichaea
… and dozens of others.
Originally published by the Chicago Natural History Museum in two volumes and a supplement and out of print for a few years, Orchids of Guatemala and Belize is now accessible in one practical, reasonably priced edition. Botanists, students, teachers, and any individual interested in nature and the abnormal wonderful thing about orchids will find this volume indispensable for study and reference.