Growing Orchids. Book four: The Australasian Families. 1985. 2 maps. 214 colour illustrations. 50 black & white photos. 190 p. gr8vo. Cloth.

Now that this volume on the Australasian Families has been added to theprevious three volume set, nearly all orchids that are grown in theSouthern Hemisphere (and many of the Northern Hemisphere too) have beendescribed and pictured in colour. This new volume, as with the previousones, gives full details on potting materials, fertilizers, propagation and the use of glasshouses as they concern the orchidsdescribed. The care and attention needed and how to protect them frompests, diseases and predators are fully explained. Specific contentsitems of the Australasian Families include: The terrrestrial orchids-Caladenia, Corybas, Diuris, Dipodium, Pterostylis and others; Australian epiphytic orchids; Dendrobium; Sarcochilus and its associatefamilies. Biographical notes are given on thirteen prominent orchid andhorticultural experts including George Bentham, Alan Cunningham, Ferdinand von Mueller, Alfred Russel Wallace and others. -Second hand copy.