Orchid Biology. Reviews and Perspectives. Volume 8. 2002. (Reprint 2012). illus. 608 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

This is the eighth volume in a 25 year old series whichhas become the cornerstone review publication of orchid science. It presents reviews on different areas of orchid science and historical accounts by major orchid authorities. It includes biographies of two pioneering seventeenth century orchid scientists one in Europe and the other one in Indonesia, a review of orchid flower ontogeny, a discussion of orchid population dynamics, a survey of orchid seed and seedling development, an account of temperate orchid species, a description of mature orchid embryos, an history of studies of orchid seed germination and an enumeration of viruses which attack orchids. The volume is intended to provide information for botanists in general as well as orchid scientists and growers.