THE BROMELIAD LEXICON & TILLANDSIA II

1. Ruah, Werner & Temple, Peter. THE BROMELIAD LEXICON

Werner Rauh, with Herbert Lehmann, Julien Marnier-Lapostolle and Richard Oeser, of the Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Heidelberg, German

xiv, 431 pp of b/w-illustrated text, bibliography and index + 80 pp b/w plates and 16 pp colour plates.
Colour pictorial laminated dustjacket over blue cloth-boards. Clean, dustjacket has some wear.

The original German edition was published in 1970, the first English edition by Blandford in 1979 and this second English edition co-published in South Africa in 1990.

The Bromeliad Lexicon by Werner Rauh is an essential botanical reference work that serves as both a scientific resource and a practical guide for enthusiasts, horticulturists, and botanists

2. Isley, Paul III. TILLANDSIA II: The World's Most Unusual Air Plants

Hardcover with green lined boards in pictorial dustjacket. 310 pp. Mostly colour photography throughout (396 full color photos, 33 black and white photos, 30 black and white figures).

Book is in a plastic sleeve. Name of previous owned on fep. Good condition.

Paul Isley's updated and enlarged sequel to his original book Tillandsia contains new material that includes a new chapter on hybrids. Tillandsia belong to the Bromeliad family.