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Wily Violets & Underground Orchids: Revelations of a Botanist
Wily Violets Underground Orchids Revelations of a Botanist
Author: Peter Bernhardt
In this book, Peter Bernhardt takes us on a grand tour of the botanical realm, weaving engaging descriptions of the lovely shapes and intriguing habits of flowering plants with considerations of broader questions, such as why there are only six basic shapes of flowers and why the orchid family is so numerous and so bizarre. Everyone from amateur...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679728924
ISBN-10: 0679728929
Publication Date: 7/14/1990
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Interesting set of essays on the tricks played by plants to get pollinated: very sexy stuff, eh! Did you know that in Australia there's an orchid that flowers underground? I thought this was a fascinating revelation of why plants are the way they are and how they have formed in response to survival requirements. Includes lots of interesting side facts on the interaction of plants and people - some orchids have been loved to death. Latin botanical names are included, but scientific jargon is noticeably absent. Very readable.
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