RHS. Sander’s List of Orchid Hybrids. Addendum 1961-1970.
Pub. RHS. 1976 pp.lxiv, 632. VG. in blue cloth boards.
£25.00 [ref: 33452]
Rittershausen, W. Exotic Orchids. Successful Indoor Management.
Pub. Salamander. 1989 pp. 96 with colour photography throughout. VG. in illus. boards.
£5.00 [ref: 33454]
Roberts, J.A. Cites Orchid Checklist. Volume 1.
Pub. RBG Kew. 1995 pp. 136 with frontis. A fine copy in card covers.
This work is 1 in a series of checklists to provide detail on the most commonly traded orchids. For the genera cattleya, cypripedium, laelia, paphiopedilum, phalaenopsis, phragmipedium, pleione and sophronitis including accounts of constantia, paraphalaenopsis and sophronitella.
£7.50 [ref: 41368]
Sander, C.F. et al. (Eds.). Sanders’ Orchid Guide. Revised (1927) Edition. Containing all the best known species, varieties and natural hybrids of Orchids in cultivation.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Sanders. 1927 pp.451 with illus. frontis. 4to. Hardback. A small hole to page 451 with loss to text of two words (a facsimile of a complete page loosely inserted), o/w. contents in fine condition. A nr. fine hardback.
Species are listed alphabetically and descriptions include country of origin, flowering season and best methods of cultivation. Still an invaluable guide.
£10.00 [ref: 54457]
Sander, D.F. & Wreford, Mrs. W.J. David Sander’s One-table List of Orchid Hybrids. (1946-1960) Vol. I & II.
Pub. Sander. 1961 Bound as I volume. Nr. fine in blue cloth boards.
This is the last period of time for which David Sander’s compiled the List. Thereafter, the RHS took on the task.
£50.00 [ref: 33451]
Sankey, Ann. The Box Hill Book of Orchids.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Friends of Box Hill. 2000 pp.42 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
Box Hill is a summit of the North Downs in Surrey, approximately 31 km south-west of London. This booklet describes the impressive list of orchids growing here. Box Hill has long been a favourite haunt for naturalists and there are botanical records which go back almost two centuries.
£8.00 [ref: 65009]
Seaton, P. and Ramsay, M. Growing Orchids from Seed.
Pub. RBG Kew. 2005 pp.x, 83 with colour photographs and illus. throughout. Landscape format. A near fine copy in illustrated boards.
Seaton and Ramsay explain everything from selecting the right equipment through to planting seed-raised orchids in the greenhouse. Written for amateurs and professionals.
£7.00 [ref: 47293]
Segerback, L.B. Orchids of Nigeria.
Pub. A.A. Balkema. 1983 pp.viii, 111 with 170 photographs, mostly in b/w. VG. in similar dw.
£45.00 [ref: 34905]
Stewart, J. &. Griffiths, M. Manual of Orchids. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 1995 pp.liii, 388 with b/w. illus. 8vo. A fine hardback in very nr. fine dw. Out-of-print.
Covers virtually all orchid species, grexes and cultivars in cultivation. Each genus is furnished with a precise botanical account, together with guidelines for successful growing.
£15.00 [ref: 54778]
Stewart, J. and Campbell, B. Orchids of Tropical Africa.
Pub. W H Allen. 1970 pp. 117 with colour photography throughout. VG. in similar dw.
This book will stimulate the increasing interest shown by orchid growers and lovers in the enchanting and distinctive orchids of Africa and the Malagasy region.
£15.00 [ref: 34710]