Size:
143 pages |
Mulder, D. &
Mulder-Roelfsema, T. & Schuiteman, André, Orchids Travel By Air: a
pictorial safari, Het Houten Hert, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1990. |
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J
This book is quite unusual in
that it is a series of travel notes accompanied by first-class pictures of
orchids in their habitat. The photos are often quite small, and represent
mostly unusual orchid species, but they are gorgeous. The text gives an
impression of the sometimes tedious adventures involved in hunting for
orchids, and of the atmosphere of the visited regions.
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L
The "scientific"
first part of the book is, well, strange. Although most of the information
seems to be correct as far as I can judge, the authors do not agree with
the conventional theories and beliefs about orchids, and they have a quite
direct way to state it. As a scientist myself, I'd say: jump the first
part of the book but be sure to enjoy the second one...
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| Contents: |
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| Foreword |
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| Preface |
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| Introduction |
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| - A - |
A Popular
Approach to Orchid Science, Orchidology |
| The
Structure of Orchids, |
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| Morphology
and Anatomy: |
The Stem /
The Leaf / The Roots / The Tubers / The Flowers |
| Living
Processes and |
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| Functioning,
Physiology: |
General
Remarks / Pollination / Multiplication / How Orchid Species Are Protected
in |
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Nature
Against Hybridization / Mycorrhiza / Orchids as Parasites / Mineral
Nutrition / |
|
Orchids as
Hosts to Mistletoe Plants |
| The
Human Influence |
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| on
Orchids: |
Evolution by
Natural Selection and Hybridization by Human Planning |
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Orchids
Travel by Air |
|
Orchid
Collecting in the Wild |
| Geographic
Distribution: |
General
Remarks |
|
Did the
Orchids Come from the Southpole? |
| Ecology |
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| Note
on Names |
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- B - |
Traveling
the World for Orchids |
| Belize: |
Orchid Galore
in Jungle and Citrus Groves |
| Bolivia: |
The Most
Adventurous Orchid-Collecting Due to Rain and Mud |
| Brazil: |
Coffee
Supposed to Be Diseased, Orchids Sure to Be Retreating |
| Costa
Rica: |
A Good Start
for Beginners in a Peaceful Country |
| Ecuador: |
Taking Part
in an Orchid Exhibition, Looking for Orchids with "Gringos" and
a Roundtrip |
| Indonesia: |
Renewed Tea
Culture and Dwindling Orchid Resources |
| Panama: |
Forest-fires
Reduce the Number of Orchids |
| Ruwanda: |
Cinchona
Culture in Trouble and Little Time for Orchids |
| Sri
Lanka: |
Revisiting
"Ceylon" with a New Hobby |
| Thailand: |
The Land of
Superior Orchid Breeding and Difficult-to-Reach Wild Orchids |
| Venezuela: |
A Fortnight
of Orchid Hunting |
| Zimbabwe: |
Orchids and
Their Protection in Zimbabwe |
| Index |
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