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An engaging account of humanitys growing fascination with orchids from ancient times onward, together with a biographical gallery of 50 great scientists, naturalists, and explorers who contributed to our knowledge of orchids. The nomenclature and bibliography have been updated for this edition.

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title:A History of the Orchid
author:Reinikka, Merle A.; Romero, Gustavo A.
publisher:Timber Press, Inc.
isbn10 | asin:0881923257
print isbn13:9780881923254
ebook isbn13:9780585340012
language:English
subjectOrchid culture--History, Orchids, Plant collectors--Biography, Botanists--Biography.
publication date:1995
lcc:SB409.R37 1995eb
ddc:635.9/3415/09
subject:Orchid culture--History, Orchids, Plant collectors--Biography, Botanists--Biography.
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A History of the Orchid
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Old print illustrating two varieties of Cattleya labiata Page - photo 2
Old print illustrating two varieties of Cattleya labiata.
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A History of the Orchid
By Merle A. Reinikka
With a Nomenclatural Update by Gustavo A. Romero
A history of the orchid - image 3
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Photograph credits: courtesy of American Orchid Society, Inc., pp. 4, 7, 14, 19, 21, 22, 26, 27, 32, 42, 51, 54, 59, 71, 72, 87, 89, 124, 139, 153, 156, 171, 191, 196, 206, 212, 215, 221, 228, 255, 272, 287, 293, 297, 302; Flora Malesiana Foundation, pp. 130, 141, 145; Montreal Botanical Gardens, pp. 202, 248; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, p. 122; Royal Horticultural Society, London, pp. 149, 169, 174; Royal Swedish Academy of Science, p. 113; and Sidney Botanic Library, p. 236.
Frontispiece courtesy of George Rosner; photographs on p. 28 by Alan Kapuler, courtesy of American Orchid Society, Inc.; on p. 226 courtesy of Miss Eileen Low; and on p. 260 courtesy of David Sander.
Photographs on p. 9 from Theatrum Botanicum by John Parkinson; on p. 116 from The Botanical Explorers of New Zealand by Rewa Glenn; on p. 127 from Journal of Botany; on pp. 136, 184, 199, 211, 246, 279 from Curtis's Botanical MagazineDedications and Portraits; on p. 160 from British Botanists by John Gilmour; on p. 164 from Paxton and the Bachelor Duke by Violet R. Markham; on p. 179 from The Garden; on p. 189 drawn from a photographic portrait in Ogrodnictwo; on p. 250 from La Tribune Horticole; on pp. 193, 204, 219, 223, 230 courtesy of Gardeners' Chronicle; and on p. 275 courtesy of Orchid Review.
Copyright 1995 by Timber Press, Inc.
First published in 1972 by University of Miami Press
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Reinikka, Merle A.
A history of the orchid / by Merle A. Reinikka ; with a nomenclatural
update by Gustavo A. Romero.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-88192-325-7
1. Orchid cultureHistory. 2. Orchids. 3. Plant collectorsBiogra
phy. 4. BotanistsBiography. I. Romero, Gustavo A., 1955 . II. Title.
SB409.R37 1995
635.9'3415'09dc20 95-10784
CIP
Timber Press, Inc.
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450
Portland, Oregon 97204, U.S.A.
Printed in Hong Kong
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CONTENTS
Illustrations
viii
Foreword
By Rebecca T. Northen
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
xvii
Part I
Historical Development
The Emergence of Orchids as Botanical Entities
3
Expanded Interest and Introductions
11
Classification
40
Cultivation and the Methods Employed
50
The Development of an Industry
61
Hybridization
76
Scientific Application
84
Chronological Guide to Descriptive and Taxonomic Orchid Literature
97
Part II
Makers of Orchid History
Introduction
111
Carl von Linn
113
Joseph Banks
116
Franz Bauer
122

Page vi
Olof Swartz
127
Robert Brown
130
William George Spencer Cavendish
136
Hugh Cuming
141
Karl Ludwig Blume
145
Robert Wight
149
John Lindley
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