Proceedings of the 18th World Orchid Conference, March 11-20, 2005, Dijon, France

Large-format cloth hardcover, bilingual (English & French), 622 pages, copiously illustrated, glossy paper, pictorial endpapers, NOT ex-library. Weight 2.25kg. Limited internal wear, pages are clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Dust jacket shows moderate edgewear. -- Selected Contents: Presentation of the 18th WOC, pp 13-23; World Orchid Show, pp 25-67; The Conference, pp 69-81; Parallel Events, pp 83-94; Scientific Contributions, pp 95-107; Lectures and Posters, pp 109-529 [Phylogeny of the Genus Masdevallia Ruiz & Pav. Based on Mor­phological and Molecular Data; Temperature Effects on Flower Induction of Two Phalaenopsis Orchid Hybrids; Systematic Position of Ophrys gresivaudanica O. Gerbaud; Le biome Mata Atlântica (Brésil) et le genre Baptistonia; Hoffmannseggella, Microlaelia, Dungsia, Hadrolaelia; Future of Standard Cattleyas; Commercial Importance of Australian Native Orchids; New Ideas on the Classification of Dendrobium; Just How Many Orchids Are There?; In vitro Pollination: Its Possible Application in Orchids for Wide Hybridization; Isozyme Variation within the Genus Dendrobium; New Insights into the Classification of Cymbidium (From Molecular and Systemic Analyses); Richesse, diversité et menaces pesant sur les orchidées de Guadeloupe (Antilles françaises); Preliminary Phylogeny of the South East Asian Genus Vanda (Orchidaceae); Why Does My Orchid Have More Than One Name?; Golden Peoker; Snakeskin Orchids. The Genus Oeceoclades; Odontoglossums: Endangered Hybrids; Orchids of Madagascar: New Developments; Les Orchidées des Tepuis du Venezuela; Holomorphology: The Total Evidence Approach to Phylogenetic Reconstruction; New Genera Discovered in Ecuador; Les Orchidées de France; Orchid Conservation and CITES; Population Structure of Barlia metlesicsiana W. Teschner on Tenerife, Canary Islands; Histology and Morphology Studies on Induced Somatic Embryos; Australia's Subantarctic Orchids; Micropropagation of Orchids at Kew; Zygopetalums Colour and Scent; New Directions in Vanda Breeding; Orchids' Pollinators Discovered in Insect Collections; Population Viability Analysis of Cypripedium calceolus in a Protected Area: Longevity, Stability and Persistence; Research on the Orchidaceae Family in the Upper Basin of the Luncavat River in the Capatanii Mountains, Southern Carpathians; New Genus Ida A. Ryan & Oakeley: Its Origins and Definition; Partner Preferences in Australian Orchid mycorrhizae: Coevolution or Correlation; Protection des orchidées sauvages du Sabah, Malaisie; Ground Orchids in the North West Himalaya; Cypripedium in China; Species and Phylogeny in Orchids; In Search of the True Pleurothallis (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae; Relationship Orchid-Insect: Reward or Swap?; Movements of the Flowers and Sexuality in Orchids; Comparative Analysis Between Orchis Species and Their Hybrid; Orchids of New Guinea; Inference of the Phylogenetic Relationships in Stelis sensu lato clade Based Upon Morphology and Sequences of the ITS Region Data Sets; African Stars: A Review of the Angraecoid Orchids of Africa and Madagascar; Orchids and Sustainable Livelihood: An Initiative in Nepal Himalaya to Manage Globally Threatened Biodiversity; Orchids in Eastern Europe and Their Conservation; Thai Orchid Production for the World Markets; Molecular Data Systematics of Genera and Species of Laeliinae; New Orchid Hybrids of the Singapore Botanic Gardens]; Panels, pp 531-604 [La culture ex situ des orchidées terrestres pour la conservation; What is Bibliorchidea?; Pollination in the European Orchids: Four Examples; Le festival des odeurs chez les Orchidées]; Results, pp 605-610; Closing Ceremony, pp 611-618; Contributor Index.…