Book ID: 103140
Chowdhery, H. J. and D. G. Agrawala
A Century of West Himalayan Orchids. 2013. 118 full - page coloured plates. Many col. photographs. VI, 318 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Though orchids in India are cosmopolitan in distribution, their maximum number and diversity is found in the Himalayas, North - Eastern regionand Western Ghats. The Western Himalayan region supports a rich orchid flora comprising of more than 270 species of which the state of Uttarakhand or the West Himalaya alone harbors 239 species. The present book deals with 100 interesting and unusual species of orchids. The introductory chapters provide account of the history of orchidologyi ncluding the first reported orchid fossil, detailed vegetative andf lower structure of orchids excellently supported by relevant colour photographs.