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Vandas: Their Botany, History and Culture
by Motes, Martin R. (Signed)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0881923761
- ISBN 13
- 9780881923766
- Seller
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Timber Press, Incorporated, 1997. Book. Illus. by Hoffman, Alan L. (Photography). Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 140 pages. Glossary. Bibliography. Index of botanical names. Gorgeous color photography. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "Presents for the first time a history of the introduction of Vanda species and an accurate modern scientific view of the genus, including exciting developments in hybridization. Written for the advanced horticulturist, Vandas addresses not only the culture for temperate greenhouses, but also that for tropical and subtropical gardens and shade houses, the places where these orchids are most commonly grown." - from dust jacket. Clean and bright with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 152H0292
- Title
- Vandas: Their Botany, History and Culture
- Author
- Motes, Martin R. (Signed)
- Illustrator
- Hoffman, Alan L. (Photography)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0881923761
- ISBN 13
- 9780881923766
- Publisher
- Timber Press, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Vandas Botany History Culture Orchid
- Bookseller catalogs
- Agriculture;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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