Number 1344 of an edition limited to 1900 copies. Edited by Jane Browning. Assisted by Peter Ashton. Folio; original red rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and upper board; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 248; introductory section of habitat photographs; full-colour plates (recto) and descriptive text and distribution maps (facing verso); large, folding key mounted to lower pastedown. Dustwrapper rather foxed; some foxing to edges and endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good to very good condition, in a modest dustwrapper.
"This is a magnificent record of the epiphytic orchids growing on trees and rocks south of the Zambesi and Cunene Rivers. Besides being an invaluable reference book for Southern African wild flower lovers, it will be of great assistance to botanists all over Africa, as many of the species and genera are widely distributed. In addition it will be welcomed by orchid lovers throughout the world. Although the epiphytic orchids from the southern regions of Africa lack the variety of colours, shapes and size of their cousins from the tropics of Asia and the Americas, they often compensate in charm by delicate structuring in virginal whites and creams and with neat arrangements of the flowering spikes."
- Jacket Condition: Good
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Good to very good
- Size: Folio
