Author: Jeffrey JeanesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780977537204
Category : Orchids
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia
Author: Jeffrey JeanesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780977537204
Category : Orchids
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Guide to Native Orchids of NSW and ACT
Author: Lachlan M. CopelandPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486313698
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
This comprehensive guide describes the 582 species of wild orchids that occur in NSW and the ACT. This region covers the richest area for wild orchids in Australia and includes over 500 species of seasonal ground orchids and 62 species of evergreen tree and rock orchids. Orchids found in this region include the tallest, heaviest, smallest flowered, most numerous flowered and most bizarre orchids in Australia, including elusive underground species. Guide to Native Orchids of NSW and ACT describes each species, enabling their identification in the field, and includes over 600 photographs of wild orchids in their natural habitat and distribution maps for almost all species. Featuring orchids with a dazzling array of colour and form, this is the essential guide for all orchid enthusiasts.
Guide to Native Orchids of Victoria
Author: Gary N. BackhousePublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486316867
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
This comprehensive guide describes the 447 species of wild orchids that occur in Victoria, Australia. This region is one of the richest in the world for its diversity of temperate terrestrial orchids. Orchid diversity in Victoria spans some of the smallest to some of the largest orchids in Australia, from the minute Mallacoota Midge Orchid, with flowers just 2 mm across, to the large King Orchid, with big plants having hundreds of fragrant flowers and weighing many kilograms. Guide to Native Orchids of Victoria includes brief descriptions on all species, enabling their identification in the field. With more than 460 photographs of wild orchids in their natural habitat and distribution maps for almost all species, this guide will delight and inspire anyone interested in orchids.
The Orchids of Victoria
Author: Gary N. BackhousePublisher: Melbourne University Press
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The Orchids of Victoria is designed for the amateur and professional alike. Every species - including several that have not been illustrated before - is shown here in full colour. The detailed description of each is designed to make identification simple, and is accompanied by a distribution map and imformation about the flowering time, habitat and conservation status of the species. Gary Backhouse and Jeffrey Jeanes have also included the most up-to-date information on the biology and ecology of orchids. With its easy-to-follow aids to identification and its authoritative text, The Orchids of Victoria will be an invaluable companion for orchid-lovers in the home or field.
Guide to Native Orchids of Victoria
Author: Gary N. BackhousePublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486316875
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
This comprehensive guide describes the 447 species of wild orchids that occur in Victoria, Australia. This region is one of the richest in the world for its diversity of temperate terrestrial orchids. Orchid diversity in Victoria spans some of the smallest to some of the largest orchids in Australia, from the minute Mallacoota Midge Orchid, with flowers just 2 mm across, to the large King Orchid, with big plants having hundreds of fragrant flowers and weighing many kilograms. Guide to Native Orchids of Victoria includes brief descriptions on all species, enabling their identification in the field. With more than 460 photographs of wild orchids in their natural habitat and distribution maps for almost all species, this guide will delight and inspire anyone interested in orchids.
Wildflowers of the Brisbane Ranges
Author: Clive TriggPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643102892
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Brisbane Ranges area, situated 80 km west of Melbourne and 30 km north-west of Geelong, is extraordinarily rich in diversity. With basalt grasslands, heathy woodland, alluvial soils, buckshot gravel and granite rocks, it boasts more than 430 species of native plants. Wildflowers of the Brisbane Ranges contains magnificent photographs of more than 400 species, many of them orchids, including rare and vulnerable species such as the Naked Sun Orchid (Thelymitra circumsepta) and the Hyacinth Orchid (Dipodium pardalinum). A list of references, colour guide, glossary, comprehensive index and a soil type map have been included, to assist the reader in locating and identifying the different species. This full colour guide is the culmination of more than a decade of painstaking observation. It will help both the casual visitor and the keen naturalist to locate and identify an extensive range of wildflowers from this exceptional part of Victoria.
Orchid Conservation
Author: Kingsley W. DixonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Orchids
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Orchids of South Australia
Author: R. J. BatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Comprehensive guide to the orchids of South Australia. Contains photographs of every known orchid species in the state and includes information on orchid biology, ecology and history. Distribution maps and habitat notes are included for each orchid.
Flora of the Otway Plain & Ranges
Author: Enid MayfieldPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643098046
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
A visually superb and informative field guide to the flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges.
Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges 2
Author: Enid MayfieldPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643108343
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1197
Book Description
This visually superb and informative field guide is the second volume of Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges, and covers more than 480 species of Daisies, Heaths, Peas, Saltbushes, Sundews, Wattles and other shrubby and herbaceous Dicotyledons. The illustrated family key is unique and covers 75 families and over 200 genera. Each species is illustrated and labels provide a clear key to identification for botanists and amateurs alike. The Otway region of Victoria, with its temperate rainforests, mountain ash forests, heathlands, plains and coastal dunes, has an extraordinarily rich and diverse flora.