AUSTRALIAN FLORA West Australiana

A SUPERIOR COPY. (Tiny bump to cover corner, otherwise PRISTINE.) Written by three of Western Australia’s most prominent orchidologists and featuring over 200 full-page, color illustrations by renowned botanical artist Pat Dundas, this long-awaited volume is the first modern text cataloging all known species of orchids in Western Australia. It is a comprehensive resource for hardened enthusiasts and initiates alike. Never before has such a wealth of information on Western Australian orchids been available in a single book. Along with a detailed introduction to Western Australian orchids, it contains: species placed in taxonomic groupings to make it easier to differentiate between those that are closely related . information on each species, including who named them and where they were first collected . their habitat, distribution, flowering period, size, and distinguishing features . illustrations of the entire plant with flowers, stems, and leaves rendered in exquisite detail, making it easier to correctly identify the orchid (all illustrations reduced from life-size, using a common scale, allowing realistic size comparisons between species).

Western Australia contains an abundance of orchid delights. Names such as hammer, duck, spider, dragon and fairy, highlight evolutionary wanderings that evoke intrigue. Written by three of Western Australia’s most prominent orchidologists, and featuring over 200 full-page, colour illustrations by renowned botanical artist Pat Dundas, this long-awaited volume is the first modern text cataloguing all known species of Western Australia. Focussing on the state’s two orchid regions – the South-West and the Kimberley – and presenting a selection of hybrid orchids often mistaken for new species, Orchids of Western Australia is a comprehensive resource for botanists, hardened enthusiasts and initiates alike. Never before has such a wealth of information on Western Australian orchids been available in a single tome.

Gardening / Flowers / Orchids
Nature / Reference
Science / Life Sciences / Botany

• xvii, 421 p. : col. ill., 3 maps ; 33 cm. First Edition
• Bibliography: pg. 408-411.
• Orchids — Western Australia — Identification

#0117/1220/160223/240324  First Edition SCARCE