Tropical Orchids of Australia. With Additional Notes and Illustrations by A W Dockrill by Lavarack, P S and Gray, B - 1985

Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia, 1985. xi, 177 pages, illustratred with more than 80 colour plates, line drawings throughout, 5 appendices, glossary, bibliography, index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. Several lines gift note on front free endpaper, minor foxing. Light edge wear and faded spine to jacket. More than 230 species which grow in habitats as diverse as hot paperbark woodlands and cool misty rainforests are discussed. Habitat information is used to develop suggestions on how to cultivate tropical orchids successfully. Twenty-five choice orchids well worth cultivating are dealt with in detail. Other chapters cover natural hybrids, classification, name changes, and National Parks where tropical orchids may be found.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.