Book ID: 18779
LAVARACK, Peter S. and Bruce GRAY
Tropical Orchids of Australia. 1985. 3 figs. many illustr. (line-drawings). 84 col. pls. XI,177 p. Lex8vo. Cloth.
Contents: Foreword by Dr.Phillip Cribb/ Preface/ Acknowledgements/ Introduction (The Orchid Family/ What is an Orchid?/ The Australian Tropics/ Origins)/ Habitats/ Cultivation/ Conservation/ Classification/ Name Changes/ Recent Discoveries in Tropical Australia/ Natural Hybrids/ Rare or Threatened Australian Tropical Orchids/ Name Changes for Australian Tropical Orchids/ Species Common to Tropical Australia and New Guinea/ Species Endemic in Tropical Australia/ Orchid Societies. Deals with he 230 species native to the Northern part of Australia. Includes 36 new species and natural hybrids discovered since publication of Dockrill's Australian Indigenous Orchids.
Second hand copy. Good state.