A Field Guide To The Wild Orchids Of Thailand

Written "primarily for the amateur flora enthusiast and field naturalist who would like to identify their 'find' easily and with the least amount of detective work," Native Orchids of Nova Scotia is a beautiful book created out of Carl Munden's devotion to finding and displaying the orchids of his home province. This book is a guide for the non-professional, filled with location maps and drawings to enhance a general interest in the orchids and likely win many to add a search of this plant to even the most modest hike. Munden has kept botanical terms to a minimum. Including forty pages with 160 full-colour photographs to help locate and identify orchids -- from close-ups of their petals to how they appear in the rougher bush -- this book helps to refocus the eye and allow the orchids of Nova Scotia to stand out. Traveling from Meat Cove to Brier Island and just about anywhere in between, Munden is an avid naturalist and photographer, a member of the North American Native Orchid Alliance, Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society and the Halifax Field Naturalists. A book for armchair pleasures and surprises on the trail.

A guide to the orchids of Ireland, for beginner and expert alike. With many photos and illustrations.

An accessible, comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide--the only one to cover all the orchids found in Britain and Ireland Covering more than fifty species as well as hybrids and variants, this is an engaging, intuitive and in-depth identification guide to all the orchids of Britain and Ireland at all stages of development, from first emergence through to setting seed. Drawing on the authors' extensive field experience and the latest scientific research, Britain's Orchids uses multiple techniques to help both beginner and more advanced orchid enthusiasts to identify even the trickiest plants. The book is beautifully illustrated with plates by talented artist Sarah Stribbling as well as more than 1,000 detailed, instructive and evocative photographs by the authors. Orchids have long fired the imagination with their beauty and rarity. This book aims to ignite or increase your passion for these special plants and for the conservation of their habitats, from remote mountaintops to urban wild spaces. The first book to cover all the species, subspecies and varieties, as well as hybrids, at all stages of development Lavishly illustrated with close to 100 stunning plates drawn to scale to show key identification features and more than 1,000 stunning photo showing orchids in their natural settings Simple, step-by-step system for identifying almost any orchid Up-to-date distribution maps and seasonal charts showing when each species can be seen in its various stages Special-feature identification keys that can be used on difficult plants

This unique book brings together a wealth of data on the botanical, ethno-medicinal and pharmacological aspects of over 500 species of Asian medicinal orchids. It starts off by explaining the role and limitations of complimentary and herbal medicines, and how traditional Asian medicine differs from Western, “scientific” medicine. The different Asian medical traditions are described, as well as their modes of preparing herbal remedies. The core of the book presents individual medicinal orchid species arranged by genera. Each species is identified by its official botanical name, synonyms, and local names. Its distribution, habitat and flowering season, uses and pharmacology are described. An overview sums up the research findings on all species within each genus. Clinical observations are discussed whenever available, and possible therapeutic applications are highlighted. The book closes with chapters on the conservation of medicinal orchids and on the role of randomized clinical trials.

Lovingly produced by the New Zealand Native Orchid Group this book contains colour photographs and descriptions of each individual species and covers all the named, significant tag-named, described and undescribed taxa so far identified - some 224 Orchids. An invaluable guide for identifying orchids in the field.

Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean is a comprehensive photographic guide to the orchids of the region written by leading experts, who between them have decades of orchid field and research experience.The book covers 30 genera and their species including Ophrys, Cypripedium, Orchis, Dactylorhiza, Epipactis and Serapias, as well as 70 natural hybrids. Much of the confusion over identification is dueto the morphological variation a species can have within a habitat and across its distribution, andtherefore to simplify identification, several images accompany each species to illustrate this diversity, along with notes on distinguishing features and distribution maps. Each species is also accompanied by common names and important synonyms, as well as notes on habitat, flowering times anddistinguishing features.