REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF SPECIES ORCHIDS : Principles and Practice

Melbourne, Australia: Univ of Melbourne, 1988. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Ian Clarke, Linda Coppock, & Kevin Thiele (Botanical Illustrators); Harry Swart (Cartoons). Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover (Sarcochilus falcatus)/NF. Joint publication of the Orchid Species Society of Victoria and the School of Botany at the Univ of Melbourne. Anthology of concepts, results and techniques for orchid propagation from seed. 8 articles: 1, Introduction to Pollination Systems (Bruce Knox); 2, Propagation of Species Orchid from Seed: A Guide to Growers (Andre Cleghorn); 3, The Fertility of Species Orchids in Self & Interclonal Crosses (Barbara Walker & Jacinta Burke); 4, The Spectrum of Fertility in Australian Orchid Species (Peter Adams); 5, Fertility of Australian Sarcochilus R. Br. (Sheryl Lawson); 6, The Effect of Loading Cymbidium Tracyanum Rolfe, C. Suave R. Br & C. Canaliculatum R. Br. with Numerous Seed Capsules (Peter Adams); 7, Aspects of Reproduction in Dendrobium Speciosum Sm. (Tony Slaters; and, 8, The Reproductive Biology of Eriochilus Cucullatus (Labill.) Reich.: An Autumn Flowering Terrestrial Orchid (Louise Rowe & Malcolm Calder) followed by 4 appendices with methods of propagating by seed. Fine copy.