An Introduction to South African Orchids FIRST EDITION -SIGNED – E A C L E Schelpe

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Tight Clean Copy MINT Dust Wrapper Very Good fair wear First Edtion. 1966 Signed
A commemorative volume designed to mark the centenary of the inception of the Bolus Herbarium and dedicated to the memory of Harry Bolus, a pioneer of South African orchidology.
Brief synopsis of the book:
At least one species of over eighty percent of the fifty-four orchid genera ever recorded from South Africa are illustrated in colour together with annotated diagrams of the essential floral parts. A key for the identification of all the genera of orchids known from this region is provided………………………