Wild Orchids Of Southern Africa - Stewart, Linder, Schelpe and Hall

Hardback with DJ. Macmillan South Africa, First edition 1982.  307 pages.

The odd nick or tear to DJ edges and rub to cover edges but generally in very good condition with no inscriptions. ( see pics below)

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" Wild Orchids of Southern Africa contains descriptions of every species of orchid so far recorded withinthe Republic of South Africa and the neighbouring territories of Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia. The descriptions are brief, specially designed to allow the reader, book in hand, easily to identify the orchids in thei natural state, whether found in veld or vlei, field or forest, bush, desert or mountain. Details are given of their habitats, distributions, and flowering times. Full colour photographs accompany all but a few of the 433 species, and many of them show orchids illustrated for the first time..

Orchid growers will find the ecological details on each species, and the introductory chapters, which describe climatic conditions and vegetation, of particular value. Botanists and students will appreciate the carefully prepared diagnostic keys to the genera and species as a sure means of tracking down an unknown or unusual orchid. .........."