Wily Violets and Undergrounds Orchids. Revelations of a Botanist

Par : Peter Bernhardt

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  • Nombre de pages255
  • PrésentationBroché
  • Poids0.305 kg
  • Dimensions13,6 cm × 21,0 cm × 1,5 cm
  • ISBN0-226-04366-5
  • EAN9780226043661
  • Date de parution01/01/2003
  • ÉditeurUniversity of Chicago Press

Résumé

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 naturalists and gardeners to plant scientists will fend Wily Violets and Underground Orchids a lively guide to botanical lore.
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 naturalists and gardeners to plant scientists will fend Wily Violets and Underground Orchids a lively guide to botanical lore.