The wet tropics are home to about half of the world's fern species, from the delicate, lacy maidenhair (Adiantum) to the dramatic staghorn (Platycerium). This well-illustrated guide, a companion to Orchid Growing in the Tropics, presents a wealth of useful cultivation information that will be of particular interest to greenhouse gardeners.
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The wet tropics are home to about half of the world's fern species, from the delicate, lacy maidenhair (Adiantum) to the dramatic staghorn (Platycerium). This well-illustrated guide, a companion to Orchid Growing in the Tropics (see page 23) presents a wealth of useful cultivation information that will be of particular interest to greenhouse gardeners.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
depends on your interest.,
This review is from: Ferns of the Tropics (Hardcover)
The first half of this book are general chapters on ecology, propagation, uses, folklore, etc.; the second half consists of about 100 treatments per species. To start with the latter: if you're looking for a guide to identify tropical ferns, this is not your book. Contrary to what the title suggests the area covered is Malaysia only. Then there are too few species with too concise descriptions.However, as an introduction to tropical ferns, especially to the Malaysion region, it /is/ a valuable book. It gives a lot of background and facts you won't easily find in other books. It's easy to read with good colour pictures. Read it before you go to Malaysia, and again after your return. But in the field you want a completer guid which, admittedly, is hard to find (try to get a copy of Holttum's Ferns of Malaya).
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This review is from: Ferns of the Tropics (Hardcover)
very good boo
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