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Orchid: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew A celebration of the world's most charismatic flower

Gardiner Lauren Cribb Phillip
Innbundet / 2024 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781035426737
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Vendor
Welbeck
Vekt
1180 gr
Høyde
288 mm
Bredde
218 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
224

Forfatter
Gardiner Lauren
Cribb Phillip

Om bidragsyterne

Lauren Gardiner is Curator of the Cambridge University Herbarium and a member of the RHS Orchid Committee. She previously worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where she specialized in the conservation of Madagascan plants, including orchids and palms.

Phillip Cribb is a leading specialist on the taxonomy and conservation of orchids. He was Deputy Keeper of the Herbarium and Curator of the Orchid Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, until his retirement in 2006.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world-famous centre for botanic knowledge. It holds one of the most diverse living orchid collections in the world, and the largest and most comprehensive orchid herbarium, with over 400,000 specimens preserved.

Orchid: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew A celebration of the world's most charismatic flower

Gardiner Lauren Cribb Phillip
Innbundet / 2024 / Engelsk
Gardiner Lauren Cribb Phillip
Innbundet / 2024 / Engelsk
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Queen of the night, Darwin's comet, lady's slipper, little dragon, black chimaera - the otherworldly names of orchid species are as beautiful as these sought-after flowers themselves.

From flamboyant and colourful to strange and understated, and from alpine meadows to cloud forests, the orchid's variety and range is unparallelled - and has made it an object of obsession to plant collectors for centuries. With over 250 stunning botanical illustrations and fascinating documents from the archives at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Orchid explores 40 different varieties of this evocative and elusive flower.

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This collection of 40 orchids tells the many intriguing stories of this beguiling plant, including over 250 stunning illustrations and fascinating documents held in Kew's archives.

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Queen of the night, Darwin's comet, lady's slipper, little dragon, black chimaera - the otherworldly names of orchid species are as beautiful as these sought-after flowers themselves.

From flamboyant and colourful to strange and understated, and from alpine meadows to cloud forests, the orchid's variety and range is unparallelled - and has made it an object of obsession to plant collectors for centuries. With over 250 stunning botanical illustrations and fascinating documents from the archives at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Orchid explores 40 different varieties of this evocative and elusive flower.

Les mer
This collection of 40 orchids tells the many intriguing stories of this beguiling plant, including over 250 stunning illustrations and fascinating documents held in Kew's archives.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781035426737
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Vendor
Welbeck
Vekt
1180 gr
Høyde
288 mm
Bredde
218 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
224

Forfatter
Gardiner Lauren
Cribb Phillip

Om bidragsyterne

Lauren Gardiner is Curator of the Cambridge University Herbarium and a member of the RHS Orchid Committee. She previously worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where she specialized in the conservation of Madagascan plants, including orchids and palms.

Phillip Cribb is a leading specialist on the taxonomy and conservation of orchids. He was Deputy Keeper of the Herbarium and Curator of the Orchid Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, until his retirement in 2006.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world-famous centre for botanic knowledge. It holds one of the most diverse living orchid collections in the world, and the largest and most comprehensive orchid herbarium, with over 400,000 specimens preserved.

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