This book by the Royal Horticultural Society's Director of Horticulture is the first to cover the 265 orchids native to Kenya. It is the product not only of the author's peerless knowledge of orchids but of her 10 years' residence in Kenya.
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This book by the Royal Horticultural Society's Director of Horticulture & previous Sainsbury Orchid Fellow at Kew is the first to cover the 265 orchids native to Kenya. It is the product not only of the author's peerless knowledge of orchids but of her ten years' residence in Kenya.
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Orchid plants are always perennial and usually herbaceous, but they have several different ways of growing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
midlobe linear, dorsal sepal erect, small epiphytic plant, bearing pseudobulbs, dorsal sepal ovate, dorsal sepal elliptic, dorsal sepal lanceolate, spur swollen, upper lobe erect, upper lobe linear, spur pendent, spur incurved, underground pseudobulbs, ellipsoid tubers, lower lobe spreading, midlobe fleshy, lateral sepals, conspicuous leafy bract, dorsal sepal oblanceolate, separate sterile shoot, undivided base, lip deflexed, spur dependent, midlobe ovate, midlobe oblong Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Summerhayes Plants, Rift Valley, Aberdare Mts, Sierra Leone, Schlechter Plants, Summerhayes Syn, Rendle Plants, Lindley Plants, Rolfe Plants, Kraenzlin Plants, Schlechter Syn, Cape Province, Ivory Coast, Summerhayes Terrestrial, Lindley Syn, Rolfe Terrestrial, Indian Ocean, Lake Victoria, Summerhayes Small, Cribb Plants, Kraenzlin Terrestrial, Schlechter Stem, Summerhayes Stem, Kenya Orchid Society New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Orchid plants are always perennial and usually herbaceous, but they have several different ways of growing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
midlobe linear, dorsal sepal erect, small epiphytic plant, bearing pseudobulbs, dorsal sepal ovate, dorsal sepal elliptic, dorsal sepal lanceolate, spur swollen, upper lobe erect, upper lobe linear, spur pendent, spur incurved, underground pseudobulbs, ellipsoid tubers, lower lobe spreading, midlobe fleshy, lateral sepals, conspicuous leafy bract, dorsal sepal oblanceolate, separate sterile shoot, undivided base, lip deflexed, spur dependent, midlobe ovate, midlobe oblong Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Summerhayes Plants, Rift Valley, Aberdare Mts, Sierra Leone, Schlechter Plants, Summerhayes Syn, Rendle Plants, Lindley Plants, Rolfe Plants, Kraenzlin Plants, Schlechter Syn, Cape Province, Ivory Coast, Summerhayes Terrestrial, Lindley Syn, Rolfe Terrestrial, Indian Ocean, Lake Victoria, Summerhayes Small, Cribb Plants, Kraenzlin Terrestrial, Schlechter Stem, Summerhayes Stem, Kenya Orchid Society New!
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- East African Vegetation by Edna M. Lind in Front Matter
- ORCHIDS OF AFRICA by Robert W. Harris in Back Matter
- Manual of Orchids (Royal Horticultural Society) by Joyce Stewart in Back Matter
- The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species: 3rd Edition by Helmut Bechtel in Back Matter
- Wild Flowers (Piccolo Spotters) (Piccolo Books) by Bob Press in Back Matter
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- Angraecoid Orchids: Species from the African Region by Joyce Stewart in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- African Orchids in the Wild and in Cultivation by Isobyl LaCroix in Back Matter
- Orchid Grower's Companion: Cultivation, Propagation, and Varieties by David Banks in Back Matter
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