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by Isobyl LaCroix (Author), Eric Lacroix (Author) "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..." (more)
Key Phrases: high rainfall woodland, flowers distichous, conical mentum, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone (more...)
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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.

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  • Hardcover: 423 pages
  • Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated (January 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0881924059
  • ISBN-13: 978-0881924053
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.6 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,170,269 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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
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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
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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
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4.0 out of 5 stars African Orchids by Isobyl and Eric Lacroix, September 29, 2004
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This is one of the finest books published on the topic of African orchids. Although Africa is a continent relatively poor in orchid species there are still about 1550 species in 99 genera and they deserve to be better known and more frequently grown in collections. Until the ground-breaking work of luminaries such as Fred Hillerman very little attention was given by orchidists to the African species. I am pleased to see the Lacroix's volume carrying on Hillerman's bright path. This is a comprehensive book with many line drawings and colour illustrations that is well-written and includes a section on African orchid hybrids as well as important cultural information on many diverse species. Highly recommended.
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