ORCHIDS OF AFRICA A select review

A book suitable for the amateur botanist as well as the dedicated orchid grower. The author and the artist, both eminent botanists, have combined to produce and excellent book on African orchids. Details of the structure of the plants as well as the flowers are presented with the aid of accurate line drawings and text. Fifty African orchids are described and illustrated with full-page colour plates. Three pages of line drawings of orchid plants. Five pages of line drawings of orchid flowers. 50 full-page colour plates of selected species. This copy was presented to Dr J. F. Du Plooy, a distinguished orchid grower in 1981. Pages [i-iv]v-ix [x] 1-159 The book in its presentation slipcase is in Very Good condition. Dust jacket illustrated with striking colour pictures of flowering orchid plants on front and back. Brown paper-covered boards with no signs of wear. No foxing or other blemish in the book. Edges of slipcase slightly rubbed.