Lady Tankerville's Legacy - A Historical and Monographic Review of Phaius and Gastrorchis

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Product description

Authors	Judi Stone & Phillip Cribb
ISBN	9789838121811
Publisher	Natural History Publications Borneo
Language	English
Pages	278
Format	Hardcover
Images	Illustrations, line drawings and distribution maps
Year published	2017

Phaius are spectacular terrestrial orchids, widespread from tropical and subtropical Asia, Australasia, Madagascar and Africa. The genus comprises just over 40 species and used to include the endemic Madagascan genus Gastrorchis which has nine known species. For historical reasons and because they have frequently been artificially hybridized, both genera are covered in this monograph. They have a fascinating history: Phaius tankervilleae was the first tropical orchid to be grown and flowered in England some 250 years ago. It certainly stimulated interest in the growing of exotic orchids that took off spectacularly in the following century as tropical plants flowed into Europe and once growers had established the appropriate cultural conditions for them. This book introduces many showy and little known species to the reader and will, no doubt, stimulate interest in them and their attractive and easy-to-grow hybrids.

Contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
History
Distribution
Ecology
Morphology and Anatomy
- Morphology
- Anatomy
Pollination
Conservation
Phylogeny
- The Intergeneric Relationship
Classification
- Infrageneric Classification of Phaius
- Key to the Species in Section Phaius
Phaius and its Species
Gastrorchis and its Species
Cultivation
Artificial Hybridisation
Uses
references
Index to Scientific Names
Name Index