The Cape Orchids.A regional monograph of the orchids of the Cape Floristic Region - Hardcover

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A comprehensive overview of what is currently known about the classification and ecology of all 241 orchid species both terrestrial and epiphytic, of the 24 genera native to the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. Introductory chapters(Cape flora, biomes, etc.), history of botanical exploration, Harry Bolus (1834-1911) - his life and botanical works, morphology of orchids, orchids and fire, pollination and natural hybridisation, cultivation and artificial hybridisation, the terrestrials, the epiphytes, glossary of botanical terms, bibliography, appendix a gallery of additional recent Cape orchid photographs, appendix references to Cape orchids in Bolus's published works.

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