Guide to Native Orchids of NSW and ACT

Guide to Native Orchids of NSW and ACT

Author: Lachlan M. Copeland

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2022-01-20

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 1486313698

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This 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.


Guide to Native Orchids of Victoria

Guide to Native Orchids of Victoria

Author: Gary N. Backhouse

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2023-02-01

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 1486316875

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This comprehensive guide describes the 447 species of wild orchids that occur in Victoria, Australia. This region is one of the richest in the world for its diversity of temperate terrestrial orchids. Orchid diversity in Victoria spans some of the smallest to some of the largest orchids in Australia, from the minute Mallacoota Midge Orchid, with flowers just 2 mm across, to the large King Orchid, with big plants having hundreds of fragrant flowers and weighing many kilograms. Guide to Native Orchids of Victoria includes brief descriptions on all species, enabling their identification in the field. With more than 460 photographs of wild orchids in their natural habitat and distribution maps for almost all species, this guide will delight and inspire anyone interested in orchids.


The Orchids of Victoria

The Orchids of Victoria

Author: Gary N. Backhouse

Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13:

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The 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.


Wildflowers of the Brisbane Ranges

Wildflowers of the Brisbane Ranges

Author: Clive Trigg

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2000-11-01

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 0643102892

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The Brisbane Ranges area, situated 80 km west of Melbourne and 30 km north-west of Geelong, is extraordinarily rich in diversity. With basalt grasslands, heathy woodland, alluvial soils, buckshot gravel and granite rocks, it boasts more than 430 species of native plants. Wildflowers of the Brisbane Ranges contains magnificent photographs of more than 400 species, many of them orchids, including rare and vulnerable species such as the Naked Sun Orchid (Thelymitra circumsepta) and the Hyacinth Orchid (Dipodium pardalinum). A list of references, colour guide, glossary, comprehensive index and a soil type map have been included, to assist the reader in locating and identifying the different species. This full colour guide is the culmination of more than a decade of painstaking observation. It will help both the casual visitor and the keen naturalist to locate and identify an extensive range of wildflowers from this exceptional part of Victoria.


Orchids of South-west Australia

Orchids of South-west Australia

Author: Noel Hoffman

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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A 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


Orchids of South Australia

Orchids of South Australia

Author: R. J. Bates

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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Comprehensive guide to the orchids of South Australia. Contains photographs of every known orchid species in the state and includes information on orchid biology, ecology and history. Distribution maps and habitat notes are included for each orchid.


Flora of the Otway Plain & Ranges

Flora of the Otway Plain & Ranges

Author: Enid Mayfield

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0643098046

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A visually superb and informative field guide to the flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges.