Alibertis, Chryssoula and Anthony. Wild Orchids of Crete.
Pub. Typokreta. 1985 pp. 37 with 88 colour plates. VG. in card covers. Scarce.
£40.00 [ref: 37052]

Allan, B. & Woods, P. Wild Orchids of Scotland.
Pub. HMSO. 1993 pp.135 with many superb coloured photographs, keys and line drawings.
This is a very well produced volume with some superb photographs. Sadly, no longer in print. The combination of keys, line drawings and photographs greatly assists identification .
£40.00 [ref: 38232]

Allan,B. and Woods, P. Wild Orchids of Scotland.
Pub. HMSO. 1993 pp. 135, with colour photographs. VG. in same dw.
Written and edited at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Wild Orchids of Scotland describes in detail all 28 native species of Orchids that are currently found in Scotland. Up-to-date distribution maps and a comprehensive field key supplemented with fine line drawings should prove essential tools for professional botanists and amateur naturalists alike. In the chapters on biology, habitats and conservation, the authors have combined their several areas of botanical expertise to present a complete picture of this elusive and fascinating group of plants.
£40.00 [ref: 37061]

American Orchid Society. Orchid Pests and Diseases.
Rev. Ed.Pub. by the Society. 1995 pp.118 with illus. Fine in card covers.
£18.00 [ref: 34774]

Arditti, J. Orchid Biology. Reviews and Perspectives, III.
Pub. Comstock. 1984 pp. 432 with many figs. VG. in lightly chipped dw. with some small loss.
£20.00 [ref: 34901]

Arditti, J. Orchid Biology. Reviews and Perspectives, IV.
Pub. Comstock. 1987 pp. 349 with many figs. VG. in similar dw.
£18.00 [ref: 34902]

Arditti, J. (Ed.). Orchid Biology. Reviews and Perspectives, 1.
1st. Pub. Cornell University. 1977 pp. 310 with figs. Fine in dw.
The author invited experts from all over the world to write reviews in their area of speciality. The papers represented a review of what was known at the time of publishing.
£30.00 [ref: 34707]

Ball, J.S. Southern African Epiphytic Orchids.
Pub. Conservation Press. 1978 pp. 248 illustrated with watercolours by Patricia van de Ruit and a series of habitat photographs. Fine in dw. lightly chipped to some edges and with a little sellotape residue on front turn-in, o/w. vg.
An important book for the botanical literature of South Africa. Each species is illustrated life size. Distribution maps, full notes, descriptions, meanings of Latin names, flowering times are provided.
£60.00 [ref: 34660]

Bechtel, H. et al. The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species.
Pub. Blandford. 1981 pp. 444 with 720 colour photographs. Small stain on fore-edge, not affecting contents. Overall vg. in vg. dw.
A standard in this field as a comprehensive cultivation guide.
£50.00 [ref: 34694]

Bechtel, H., Cribb, P. & Launert, E. The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species.
Pub. Blandford Press. 1986 pp.444 with 720 coloured plates. A VG. copy in dw.
This is a comphrehensive cultivation guide, and represents the result of years of painstaking research and development.
£35.00 [ref: 34192]