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cover of Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar

Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar

Phillip Cribb and Johan Hermans

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2009

As is the case with many other rare and sought-after species of plant and animal, Madagascar is one of the world’s prime locations for orchids, which make up the largest family of flowering plants on the island. Madagascar is home to nearly one thousand different species of orchids—which make up nearly ten percent of the island’s flora—nearly nine hundred of them endemic. Orchids are found in almost every habitat on the island, from the mountains to the coasts, and this field guide—the first of its kind, fully illustrated with color photographs and packed with details to aid identification—is an invaluable tool for researchers and ecotourists visiting the island.

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cover of Orchids of Madagascar Second Edition

Orchids of Madagascar Second Edition

Edited by Johan Hermans, Clare Hermans, David Du Puy, Phillip Cribb, and Jean Bosser

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2007

A new edition of a now classic work, with the diagnostic notes on each species extended to provide much additional information on distribution, habitat and flowering times. The number of colour photographs has been greatly increased to cover over 250 orchids, and line drawings of new species added in an appendix, while the bibliography has been refined to include the most essential references, with new entries accompanied by concise annotations. This is still the one essential book for botanist, orchid enthusiast, ecologist, environmentalist and field worker who need to have the complete picture on Madagascar’s orchid flora.
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