300 Orchids

A compact guide to 300 stunning orchids, featuring full-colour photos and expert details on species, hybrids, habitats and classification. Discover diverse, exotic blooms from around the world in this accessible reference. A compact reference to the world's most beautiful flowering plants. With full-colour photographs of some 300 species, hybrids and varieties and cultivars of orchids, this is an invaluable guide to the world's most exotic flowers. 300 Orchids introduces readers to a wide array of species carefully chosen both for their availability and as wide-ranging representatives of the genera. The book includes species that have been gaining new popularity and are not always covered well elsewhere. Includes orchids from all sectors of the globe Illustrated throughout with clear, attractive photos in full colour Contains detailed data: number of species, original classification, form, distribution and natural habitat. The orchid family is immensely diverse and the ingenuity of plant breeders has added hundreds more hybrids to the list. 300 Orchids is an easy to use introduction to these fascinating plants.