Tropical slipper orchids : Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium species and hybrids / Harold Koopowitz ; special photography by James Comstock ; watercolors by Carol Woodin.
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TextPublication details: Portland, Or. : Timber Press, c2008. Description: 411 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN: 9780881928648; 088192864XOther title: Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium species and hybridsSubject(s): Paphiopedilum | Phragmipedium | Slipper orchids | Orchid cultureDDC classification: 635.9/344 LOC classification: SB409.8.P36 | K66 2008Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-392) and index.
History of slipper orchids in cultivation -- Biology and classification of slipper orchids -- Cites and slipper orchids -- Cultivation -- Selecting plants for a collection -- Hybridization and breeding -- Paphiopedilum species: Barbatum alliance -- Paphiopedilum species: Insigne alliance -- Paphiopedilum species: Parvisepalum alliance -- Paphiopedilum species: multiflorals -- Paphiopedilum species: Brachypetalum alliance -- Phragmipedium and Mexipedium species -- Five important species for breeding -- Introduction to the standard-complex hybrids -- Standard-complex hybrids: greens, yellows, and fall tones -- Standard-complex hybrids: reds and spots -- Standard-complex hybrids: whites and pinks -- Standard-complex hybrids: mini paphs -- Maudiae-type hybrids -- Parvisepalum hybrids -- Multifloral hybrids -- Brachypetalum hybrids -- Phragmipedium hybrids.
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