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Author: David Lloyd Jones
Publisher: Melbourne University
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 344
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis illustrated volume describes in detail every known Tasmanian orchid. Its features include: colour photographs of every species; drawings and location maps; identification keys based on floral features; and notes on taxonomy, distribution, habitat, flowering time and response to fire.
Author: Kingsley W. Dixon
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 448
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrew Brown
Publisher: ISBS
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780980296457
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten 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).
Author: M. J. Firth
Publisher: Devonport, Tasmania : Printed by C.L. Richmond
Published: 1965
Total Pages: 112
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Noel Hoffman
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to identifying the native orchids of southwest Western Australia, based on a simple, mainly pictoral key directing the reader to the section addressing the distinctive features of each species and information on distribution, habitat, flowering period, and the common name. Includes full desc
Author: IUCN/SSC Orchid Specialist Group
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9782831703251
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis action plan chronicles the threats faced by wild orchids, but more importantly to critical habitats that host extraordinarily high orchid diversity and endemicity. It explores and recommends specific ways that national and local government, legislators, scientists and orchid conservationists as well as growers can all help to reverse present trends. The facts and viewpoints presented in this comprehensive document update and supplement the information available to conservation organizations and agencies through the world so that they can lobby their appropriate government offices more effectively.
Author: David Lloyd Jones
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 292
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAustralia's flora boasts over 1,200 species of orchid. This book describes 268 species to help the orchid enthusiast and the causal bushwalker to identify many of the commoner, and some of the special, orchids in the field. It gives a description for each orchid, detailing its distribution, flowering period and habitat.
Author: Lachlan M. Copeland
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2022-01-20
Total Pages: 457
ISBN-13: 1486313698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive guide describes the 582 species of wild orchids that occur in NSW and the ACT. This region covers the richest area for wild orchids in Australia and includes over 500 species of seasonal ground orchids and 62 species of evergreen tree and rock orchids. Orchids found in this region include the tallest, heaviest, smallest flowered, most numerous flowered and most bizarre orchids in Australia, including elusive underground species. Guide to Native Orchids of NSW and ACT describes each species, enabling their identification in the field, and includes over 600 photographs of wild orchids in their natural habitat and distribution maps for almost all species. Featuring orchids with a dazzling array of colour and form, this is the essential guide for all orchid enthusiasts.
Author: W. R. (Bob) Liddelow
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Published: 2015-07-31
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ISBN-13: 9780958753258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gary N. Backhouse
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 418
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Orchids of Victoria is designed for the amateur and professional alike. Every species - including several that have not been illustrated before - is shown here in full colour. The detailed description of each is designed to make identification simple, and is accompanied by a distribution map and imformation about the flowering time, habitat and conservation status of the species. Gary Backhouse and Jeffrey Jeanes have also included the most up-to-date information on the biology and ecology of orchids. With its easy-to-follow aids to identification and its authoritative text, The Orchids of Victoria will be an invaluable companion for orchid-lovers in the home or field.
