The Genus Paphiopedilum

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2nd edition. The most complete monograph about the genus of slipper orchids. The extensive text is scientifically correct, but written to be accessible to commercial and amateur orchid growers, professional botanists and anyone interested in orchids or in beautiful and exotic flowering plants. The genus Paphiopedilum (the Asian tropical and subtropical slipper orchids) is discussed, the infrageneric divisions of the genus are explained and every one of the 98 species is treated in detail: basionym, synonym(s), discussion, entymology, detailed description, distribution and habitat, flowering date in situ and in cultivation, miscellaneous notes such as the mitotic chromosome count, and varieties and forms. All species are illustrated, including close-ups. Identification keys to subgenera, sections and subsections, and species.