In this stunning book, renowned Thai floral artist Sakul Intakul combines colorful tropical flowers, exotic foliage and other unusual design materials in refreshingIy original floral displays suitable for any occasion and any setting. Photographed in the spectacular, contemporary homes of Thailand’s leading artists, designers and professionals, the simple but imaginative floral displays evoke the [...]
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Discovered in 1893 in a Singapore garden, the natural hybrid named Vanda Miss Joaquim wasprpagated by the millions and set the precedence for a worldwide programme of hydridisation. This orchid was chosen as Singapore’s national flower on April 15, 1981. Here at last is a book attempting to put in historical perspective the entire [...] This publication is Malaysia’s first attempt to list indigenous plants into the national Red List. This output is one of the many envisaged for the work on threat assessment of native plants of Malaysia which Will accomplish Target 2 of Malaysia’s National Strategy for Plant Conservation. Target 2 aims to have a preliminary assessment of [...] 
This Volume contains miscellaneous new and noteworthy orchids, new species of Paphiopedilum from Sabah, Calanthe from New Guinea, Bougainville and the Solomon Island, the Genus Appendicula on Mount Kinabalu, fly pollination in four Malaysia Species of Bulbophyllum and more…………
To the casual eye, mangroves do not look like any other forests, but they thrive in this amphibious environment. Every living being is a product of the environment, moulded by intricate events throughout its evolutionary history. Nature endows mangrove communities with ingenious adaptations for success. As such, many associated life forms have found a niche [...] This book aims to provide information to visitors and the general public on the various trees that are found in this special man-made forest. information is presented in layman’s language as far as possible, and illustrated with photographs. It attempts to describe 137 taxa of trees from 36 families and 89 genera, of which 107 [...] This two Volume work provides a detailed account of the orchid flora of Mount Kinabalu in Sabah Malaysia, the Kinabalu massif, encompassing only about 1250 square Km, is smaller than most English counties, yet the authors list an astonishing number of orchids for such a small area. Nearly 38% of the orchid [...] This issue includes a synopsis of the often difficult to determine species of Calanthe section Styloglossum. Mutsuko Nakjimma has provided excellent line drawings of many of the species. Peter O’Byrne describes Ellophia zollingerioides, he and Jaap Vermeulen present an account of the four species of Cleisostoma native to Sulawesi…… [...] This special issue of Malesian Orchid Journal is devoted to the genus Dendrobium and dedicated to the memory of Dr. Howard page Wood of Haverford who died recently. Dendrobium is the second largest orchid genus after Bulbophyllum in the flora Malesianan region. Almost half of the 1100 or so species, many of which are of [...] This is a lavishly illustrated handbook which captures some of the wonderful, weird, beautiful, rare and common plants that are part of Malaysia’s natural heritage. The book features 170 native and naturalized Malaysian plant species, including a parade of carnivorous pitcher plants – the world’s most successful vegetable trappers of insects and extraordinary ant plants, [...] |
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