$46.40
- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2023
Summary
Discover Victoria’s Wild Orchids: A Comprehensive Guide
This comprehensive guide describes the 447 species of wild orchids that occur in Victoria, Australia. This region is one of the richest in the world for its diversity of temperate terrestrial orchids. Orchid diversity in Victoria spans some of the smallest to some of the largest orchids in Australia, from the minute Mallacoota Midge Orchid, with flowers just 2 mm across, to the large King Orchid, with big plants having hundreds…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781486316854 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1486316859 |
| Author: | Gary Backhouse |
| Publisher: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Imprint: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 675g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 148mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
“It is the thoroughness of the treatment which is so impressive, with close up photographs of nearly everything, detailed locality maps and the author’s passion for assisting with identification and providing more information in the form of the Notes.” – Tony Cavanagh * Growing Australia No 264 *“Orchid enthusiasts will love this comprehensive guide to the 447 species of wild orchids in Victoria, including 66 species not previously described.” * Gardening Australia *
About The Author
Gary Backhouse
Gary N. Backhouse worked in biodiversity conservation with the Victorian Government until his retirement in 2012. He has travelled to most of the major centres for orchid diversity around the world and has photographed over 5000 species of orchids in the wild. Gary is author or co-author of three books on native orchids of Victoria, a book on Caladenia orchids of Australia, and Guide to Native Orchids of NSW and ACT.
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