African Orchids in the Wild and in CultivationThis book covers the orchids of sub-Saharan Africa, excluding Madagascar and other Indian Ocean islands, but including the islands off the west coast of the continent. The orchids found in this area are distinctly different from the European-related orchid species found in North Africa. The authors have included all plants available from nurseries and many that are being grown but are not yet available in the trade, along with a few species not yet known to be in cultivation that the authors deem to be unusually worthy. The first quarter of the book encompasses general chapters on climate, geography, culture, propagation, and hybridization. The larger second section consists of a detailed encyclopedic listing of all African orchids meeting the above criteria, with descriptions, information on habitat and distribution, and useful notes on cultivation. There is also an appendix of African orchid genera not in cultivation. |
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10-flowered acuminate acute Aerangis Africa Eastern Cape African orchids Angraecum anther apex apical apiculate areas basal base bracts Bulbophyllum callus Cameroon Column Congo conical Cribb CULTIVATION diameter Disa distichous DISTRIBUTION Dorsal sepal Eastern Cape elliptic Epiphytic Equatorial Guinea Eulophia evergreen forest Figure fleshy Flowers white Gabon genus Ghana growing HABITAT high humidity hybrids Inflorescences intermediate temperatures Ivory Coast Kenya Kränzlin KwaZulu-Natal lanceolate lateral sepals leaf Leaves Liberia Lindley linear lithophytic Malawi mentum midlobe montane Mozambique narrowly Nigeria oblanceolate obliquely oblong obovate obscurely trilobed orchids ovate ovoid Pedicel and ovary pendent plants Plate Polystachya Pseudobulbs purple rainfall recurved reflexed Reichenbach riverine forest Rolfe roots Rwanda Schlechter DESCRIPTION Sepals and petals side lobes erect Sierra Leone slender slightly sometimes South Africa South Africa Eastern species spur Stems short strap-shaped submontane Summerhayes DESCRIPTION SYNONYM tall Tanzania triangular Uganda usually woodland yellow yellow-green Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe