Author: Clayton, D.
Title: The Genus Coelogyne: A Synopsis
Description: Natural History Publications (Borneo) 2002 x, 316, 24 col plates, 27 text figs, 23 distribution maps. . HB. Fine in d/w.. Coelogyne, a large genus of Asiatic orchids, comprising some 190 species and 12 varieties, is widely distributed from India and Sri Lanka across Southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago to the Philippines, New Guinea and the south-west Pacific Islands. Provides a comprehensive account including ecology, morphology, taxonomy, distribution, descriptions of each species with habitat and flowering time, and molecular phylogeny. This will be of great interest to growers and collectors as the author provides detailed information on cultivation and hybridisation based on his own extensive experience raising these fascinating orchids. Twenty-three maps, 133 colour photographs, and intricate line drawings of the lips of flowers, a critical identification feature, illustrate the text. Pubished in association with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.. [9789838120487]

Keywords: Orchidaceae; Orchids


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