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Snp Publishers. 1994. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 584 p., illustrations, bibliography, index. . The South Pacific island of New Guinea (the 2nd largest island on Earth) is the last great frontier for orchid species. Although it contains more types of wild orchid than any other place on Earth, it has been largely ignored by botanists and even today, little is known about the majority of the New Guinea species. Professional orchid collectors, repeatedly raiding New Guinea over the last hundred years, have concentrated on plundering a handful of highly profitable species; these are now quire well-known. With the recent opening up of the New Guinea highland areas, most interest has been directed at the bewildering profusion of orchids found there, concentrating on a few of the mroe colourful miniature species. Few people have bothered with the majority of New Guinea plants, and the New Guinea lowland plants have been particularly neglected. In this, the first major book on New Guinea orchids…
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- Title Lowland Orchids of Papua New Guinea
- Author Peter O'Byrne
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 584
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Snp Publishers
- Date 1994
- ISBN 9789810060824 / 9810060823
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97945823
- Dewey Decimal Code 584.409
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