In this spectacular and comprehensive book, orchid expert David Jones describes more than 1300 species and subspecies of Australian native orchids. Accompanying each genus, are line drawings that will help you to easily determine the genus of each orchid you discover The genus descriptions outline the features of the genus as a whole, and include details about pollination and cultivation.
David L. Jones is renowned in Australia and overseas for his botanical and horticultural work on Australian plants. In 2001 he received an Award of Honour from the Australian Orchid Foundation in reognition of his exemplary work on furthering botanical and horticultural knowledge and understanding of Australian terrestrial orchids. Jones has published many scientific papers on the results of his work. He is currently a research scientist at the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research at the CSIRO, Canberra.