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Although Africa has fewer orchid species than the other tropical continents, some of the world's most spectacular, and increasingly popular, terrestrial orchids are found in Africa. This guide, covering sub-Saharan Africa, includes all plants available from nurseries and many that are being grown but are not yet available in the trade.
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Although Africa has fewer orchid species than the other tropical continents, some of the world's most spectacular, & increasingly popular, terrestrial orchids are found in Africa. This guide, covering sub-Saharan Africa, includes all plants available from nurseries & many that are being grown but are not yet available in the trade.
Although Africa has fewer orchid species than the other tropical continents, some of the world's most spectacular, and increasingly popular, terrestrial orchids are found in Africa. This guide, covering sub-Saharan Africa, includes all plants available from nurseries and many that are being grown but are not yet available in the trade.
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Although Africa has fewer orchid species than the other tropical continents, some of the world's most spectacular, & increasingly popular, terrestrial orchids are found in Africa. This guide, covering sub-Saharan Africa, includes all plants available from nurseries & many that are being grown but are not yet available in the trade.
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Africa to the north and west of a line drawn from western Ethiopia to northern Angola is generally lower than the area to the south and east of that line; the former consists mainly of sedimentary basins and upland plains, 150-600 m (500-2000 ft.) above sea level and includes the catchment areas of several large rivers, the lower Nile, Senegal, Niger, Shari, and Zaire. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
high rainfall woodland, flowers distichous, conical mentum, viscidium one, mentum rounded, dorsal sepal, roundly bilobed, draining terrestrial mix, lip trilobed, dorsal erect, edges undulate, mentum conical, midlobe ovate, lateral sepals, obliquely triangular, stigmatic arms, shallow hood, obliquely lanceolate, pretty little species, spur greenish, submontane forest, turning apricot, groove along the upper surface, monopodial epiphytes, fleshy callus Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Africa to the north and west of a line drawn from western Ethiopia to northern Angola is generally lower than the area to the south and east of that line; the former consists mainly of sedimentary basins and upland plains, 150-600 m (500-2000 ft.) above sea level and includes the catchment areas of several large rivers, the lower Nile, Senegal, Niger, Shari, and Zaire. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
high rainfall woodland, flowers distichous, conical mentum, viscidium one, mentum rounded, dorsal sepal, roundly bilobed, draining terrestrial mix, lip trilobed, dorsal erect, edges undulate, mentum conical, midlobe ovate, lateral sepals, obliquely triangular, stigmatic arms, shallow hood, obliquely lanceolate, pretty little species, spur greenish, submontane forest, turning apricot, groove along the upper surface, monopodial epiphytes, fleshy callus Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Northern Province, West Africa, East Africa, John Lindley, Mascarene Islands, Rudolf Schlechter, Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean, Joyce Stewart, Krdnzlin Polystachya, Mount Mulanje, Summerhayes Polystachya, Cribb Polystachya, Rolfe Polystachya, Sri Lanka, Flora Zambesiaca, Pagalu Island, Hybrid Parentage, Lindley Polystachya, Louis Vogelpoel New!
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- Orchid Pests and Diseases by American Orchid Society on page 65, and Back Matter
- Orchids as House Plants by Rebecca Tyson Northen on page 56, and Back Matter
- The Orchids Scientific Studies by Carl L. Withner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Wild Flowers (Piccolo Spotters) by Bob Press in Back Matter
- House Plants by Andy Sturgeon in Back Matter
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- Orchid Grower's Companion: Cultivation, Propagation, and Varieties by David Banks in Back Matter
- Angraecoid Orchids: Species from the African Region by Joyce Stewart in Back Matter
- Orchids: A Guide to Cultivation by Keith Marshall in Back Matter
- Flora's Orchids by Isobyl LaCroix in Front Matter
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