California Academy of Sciences Library
Attend
the Members' Lecture and Book Signing
with Speaker and Author Eric Hansen on February 14, 2001
2:00pm and 7:30pm
Speaker Information | World Wide Web | Books |
GUEST
SPEAKER INFORMATION
Eric Hansen
Hansen, Eric. Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy.
New York: Pantheon Books, c2000. Pub SB61 .H36 2000.
Hansen, Eric. The Traveler: An American Odyssey in the Himalayas. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1993. Pub DS485 .H6 H28 1993.
A
Conversation with Eric Hansen
http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0679771832&view=qa
The American Orchid Society
http://orchidweb.org/index.html
Official web site for the American Orchid Society. Contains information about orchids, conservation and research, links to other sites, and more.
Australasian Native Orchid Society
"We are dedicated to the cultivation, conservation and scientific study of native orchids in the Australasian region."
CITES – Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
"Known as CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, entered into force on 1 July 1975 and now has a membership of 152 countries. These countries act by banning commercial international trade in an agreed list of endangered species and by regulating and monitoring trade in others that might become endangered." CITES regulates the trade in orchids.
Discover Orchids
http://www.si.edu/gardens/orchids/
Learn about orchids from a web site for a past exhibit sponsored by the Smithsonian and US Botanic Garden.
Flora Fest Foto Album
http://www.florafest.com.au/FOTO.ALBUM.html
View photographs of orchids from a commercial orchid grower in Australia.
Linda’s Orchid Page
Stories, myths, tips for care, orchid FAQ, and more at this information rich site.
Native Orchids of Pennsylvania
Photos and information about orchids native to Pennsylvania.
Orchid Forum
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/orchids/
"This forum is for the discussion of orchids, how to grow them, special care, sources of plants, etc." Information on kinds of questions that are appropriate are included at the site.
The Orchid House – Information for the Orchid Hobbyist
http://retirees.uwaterloo.ca:80/~jerry/orchids/
Lots and lots of information about orchids, including pictures and links to external sites.
Orkology – Orchid Image Bank
http://www.nor.com.au/users/kreation/Imajbank.htm
Click on "Images" to the access a page of fantastic orchid images.
The Orchid Mall
http://www.orchidmall.com/index.htm
"The Orchid Mall © is a listing of links to various informational and commercial sources about orchids."
Orchids Australia
http://www.infoweb.com.au/orchids/
Access to Orchids, the official publication of the Australian orchids council.
Orchids of California
http://www.orchids.org/ooc/or_of_ca/table.shtml
View images and see distribution maps of California orchids.
Orchids of Indonesia
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/9686/
Learn about the orchids of Indonesia and view images.
The Orchids of Singapore
http://www.science.edu.sg/ssc/virtual_ssc.jsp?type=4&root=246&parent=246&cat=248
The Singapore Science Center has put together a page on orchids species in Singapore.
Orchids of the United States
http://www.orchids.org/ooc/na_orchids/us_orchids_java.shtml
View orchid lists by state, see orchid information, and some of the entries also have photos!
Orchids of Wisconsin
http://www.botany.wisc.edu/Orchids/Orchids_of_Wisconsin.html
An interactive flora, this site provides information about both genus and species. Many entries contain photos.
Orchids on the WWW
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/OrchidSNS/wwwsites.html
Links and more links are available through this web site.
Yahoo! Science > Biology > Botany > Plants > Orchids
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Botany/Plants/Orchids/
Yahoo! is attempting to index the World Wide Web. Find out what they have on orchids at this site.
BOOKS
Ackerman,
James D. An Orchid Flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Bronx, NY: New York Botanical Garden, 1995. Bot Serials.
Alves, Ruy J. Valka. Field Guide to the Orchids of the Serra de Sao Jose = Guia de Campo das Orquideas da Serra de Sao Jose. [Prague?]: Tropicaleaf, c1991. Bot QK495 .O64 A39 1991.
Ames, Oakes. A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Orchid Flora of Southern Florida, with Illustrations by Mrs. Oakes Ames. Cambridge, MA: E. W. Wheeler, 1904. Main QK495 .O64 A42.
Ames, Oakes, F. Tracy Hubbard, and Charles Schweinfurth. The Genus Epidendrum in the United States and Middle America. Cambridge, MA: Botanical Museum of Harvard University, 1936. Bot QK495 .O64 A43.
Ames, Oakes. Orchidacea: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidacea, Issuing from the Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Easton, Massachusetts. Dehra Dun, India: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1982. Bot QK495 .O64 A44 1982 vol. 1-7.
Ames, Oakes. Orchids in Retrospect, A Collection of Essays on the Orchidaceae. Cambridge, MA: Botanical Museum of Harvard University, 1948. Bot QK495 .O64 A45.
Ames, Oakes. Schedulae Orchidianae. Dehra Dun, India: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1983. Bot QK495 .O64 A44 1983.
Arditti, Joseph, ed. Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives. Ithaca, NY: Comstock Pub. Associates, 1977. Bot QK495 .O64 O53 vol. 1-4.
Baker, Margaret L. and Charles O. Baker. Orchid Species Culture, Pescatorea, Phaius, Phalaenopsis, Pholidota, Phragmipedium, Pleione. Portland, OR: Timber Press, c1991. Bot SB409 .B25 1991.
Banerji, Mohan Lal and Prabha Pradhan. The Orchids of Nepal Himalaya. Vaduz, Liechtenstein: J. Cramer, 1984. Bot QK495 .O64 B25 1984.
Barringer, Kerry. Typification of Schlechter's Costa Rican Orchidaceae I. Types Collected by A. Brenes. Chicago, IL: Field Museum of Natural History, c1986. Bot QK1 .F54 n.s., no.17.
Bechtel, Helmut, Phillip Cribb, and Edmund Launert. The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1981. Bot SB409 .B42.
Bedford, Roger B. A Guide to Native Australian Orchids. [Sydney]: Angus and Robertson [1969]. Bot QK495 .O64 B43.
Bingham, Marjorie Tellefsen. Orchids of Michigan. [Bloomfield Hills, MI]: Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1939. Main Serials Q11 .C73 no. 15.
Burns-Balogh, Pamela and V. A. Funk. A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Orchidaceae. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986. Bot QK1 .S6 no.61.
Carr, G. W. New Taxa in Caladenia R.Br., Chiloglottis R.Br. and Gastrodia R.Br. (Orchidaceae) from South Eastern Australia. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association, [1991]. Bot QK495 .O64 C37 1991.
Case, Frederick W. Orchids of the Western Great Lakes Region. Revised edition. [Bloomfield Hills, MI]: Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1987. Main Serials Q11 .C73 no.48.
Chase, Mark W. A Monograph of Leochilus (Orchidaceae). Ann Arbor, MI: American Society of Plant Taxonomists, c1986. Bot QK95 .S971 v.14.
Clements, M. A. Preliminary Checklist of Australian Orchidaceae. Canberra, Australia: National Botanic Gardens, 1982. Bot QK495 .O64 C55.
Clements, M. A. and A. S. George. Report of the Australian Orchid Foundation Expedition to Western Australia, August 1980. Canberra: National Botanic Gardens, [1980]. Bot Serials.
Coleman, Ronald A. The Wild Orchids of California. Ithaca, NY: Comstock Pub. Associates, 1995. Bot QK495 .O64 C64 1995.
Comber, J. B. Orchids of Java. Richmond, Surrey, England: Bentham-Moxon Trust, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1990. Bot QK495 .O64 C65 1990.
Correll, Donovan Stewart. Native Orchids of North America North of Mexico. Waltham, MA: Chronica Botanica Co., 1950. Bot QK495 .O64 C67.
Cribb, Phillip. The Genus Paphiopedilum. Portland, OR: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in association with Timber Press, 1987. Bot QK495 .O64 C74 1987.
Cribb, Phillip, Ian Butterfield, and C. Z. Tang. The Genus Pleione. [Kew, Surrey]: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Bromley, Kent: C. Helm; Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1988. Bot QK495 .064 C76 1988.
Curtis, Charles Henry. Orchids; Their Description and Culitvation. London, Putnam [1950]. Bot SB409 .C87.
Davies, Paul, Jenne Davies, and Anthony Huxley. Wild Orchids of Britain and Europe. London: Hogarth Press, 1988. Bot QK495 .O64 D39 1988.
Deva, Som and H. B. Naithani. The Orchid Flora of North West Himalaya. New Delhi, India: Print & Media Associates, c1986. Bot QK495 .O64 D487 1986.
Dix, Margaret A. and Michael W. Dix. Orchids of Guatemala: A Revised Annotated Checklist. St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, c2000. Bot QK495 .O64 D59 2000.
Dockrill, A. W. Australian Indigenous Orchids. 2nd ed. Chipping Norton, New South Wales: Surrey Beatty & Sons in association with Society for Growing Australian Plants -- NSW, 1992. Bot QK495 .O64 D62 1992.
Dressler, Robert L. and Glenn E. Pollard. The Genus Encyclia in Mexico. Mexico: Asociacion Mexicana de Orquideologia, 1974. Bot QK495 .O64 D7.
Dressler, Robert L. The Orchids: Natural History and Classification. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. Public QK495 .O64 D74 1990.
Dressler, Robert L. Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family. Portland, OR: Dioscorides Press, c1993. Bot QK495 .O64 D745 1993.
Dunsterville, G. C. K. Venezuelan Orchids. [Venezuela?]: Armitano, [1987]. Bot QK495 .O64 D85 1987.
Dunsterville, G. C. K. and Leslie A. Garay. Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated. [London]: A. Deutsch [1959]-1976. Bot QK495 .O64 D85 vol. 1-4.
Fowlie, Jack A. The Genus Lycaste, its Speciation, Distribution, Literature, and Cultivation: A Monographic Revision. Pomona, CA, Day Print. Corp., 1970. Bot QK495 .O64 F69.
Genera Orchidacearum. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, c1999. Bot QK494 .O64 G46 1999.
Hagsater, Eric and Vinciane Dumont, eds. Orchids: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, c1996. Biodiv REF QK492 .O64 O73 1996.
Hagsater, Eric and Gerardo A. Salazar, eds. Orchids of Mexico. Mexico, D.F., Mexico: Asociacion Mexicana de Orquideologia, c1990. Bot QK495 .O64 I26 fasc. 1.
Hamer, Fritz. Orchids of Central America: An Illustrated Field Guide. Sarasota, FL: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 1988. Bot QK495 .O64 H3y, 1988.
Hoffman, Noel and Andrew Brown. Orchids of South-West Australia. 2nd ed. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press, 1992. Bot QK495 .O64 H647 1992.
Homoya, Michael A. Orchids of Indiana. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press : Distributed by Indiana University Press, c1993. Bot QK495 .O64 H66 1993.
Johns, John Henry Gerard and Brian Molloy. Native Orchids of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Reed, 1983. Bot QK495 .O64 J63 1983.
Kenny, J. S. Native Orchids of the Eastern Caribbean. London: Macmillan Education, 1988. Bot QK495 .O64 K46 1988.
Linder, Hans Peter and H. Kurzweil. Orchids of Southern Africa. Rotterdam; Brookfield, VT: Balkema, 1999. Bot QK495 .O64 L547 1999.
Luer, Carlyle A. Draculas: Line Drawings. [S.l. : s.n.], 1986. Bot QK495 .O64 L78 1986a.
Luer, Carlyle A. The Native Orchids of Florida. New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1972. Bot QK495 .O64 L8.
Luer, Carlyle A. The Native Orchids of the United States and Canada, Excluding Florida. 1st ed. [New York]: New York Botanical Garden, 1975. Bot QK495 .O64 L81.
Miller, David and Richard Warren. Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rain Forest in Southeastern Brazil: A Field and Hobbyists' Guide. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Salamandra Consultoria Editorial, c1994. Bot QK495 .O64 M54 1994.
Morris, Brian. The Epiphytic Orchids of Malawi.[Blantyre]: The Society of Malawi, 1970. Bot QK495 .O64 M68.
Native Orchids of Brasil. 2nd ed. Sao Paulo, Brasil : Editora Grafica Topan-Press, 1983. Bot QK495 .O64 N38 1983.
The Orchids of Madagascar. [Richmond, England]: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1999. Bot QK495 .O64 O72 1999.
Pangtey, Y. P. S., S. S. Samant, and G. S. Rawat Orchids of Kumaun Himalaya. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1991. Bot QK495 .O64 P36 1991.
Perrier de La Bathie, H. Flora of Madagascar: Vascular Plants: 49th family, Orchids. English ed. Lodi, CA: S.D. Beckman, c1981. Bot QK495 .O64 P413 1981.
Pijl, L. van der and Calaway H. Dodson. Orchid flowers: their pollination and evolution. Coral Gables, FL: Published jointly by the Fairchild Tropical Garden and the University of Miami Press, 1966. Ent QK495 .O64 P5.
Pocock, Maynard Robert. Ground Orchids of Australia. Milton, Queensland, Australia: Jacaranda, 1972. Bot QK495 .O64 P63.
Raulerson, Lynn and Agnes F. Rinehart. Ferns and Orchids of the Mariana Islands. Agana, Guam: L. Raulerson and A. Rinehart, 1992. Bot QK532 .M37 R38 1992.
Santapau, H. and Z. Kapadia. The Orchids of Bombay. [Delhi, India: Manager of Publications, 1966]. Bot QK495 .O64 S25.
Sather, Nancy. Platanthera praeclara in Minnesota: An Update on Status, Inventory and Monitoring. [St. Paul, MN]: Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources, Section of Wildlife, Natural Heritage and Nongame Wildlife Programs, c1991. Main Serials QH76.5 .M6 B5 no.33.
Sather, Nancy. Western Prairie Fringed Orchid: A Threatened Midwestern Prairie Plant. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources, c1991. Main Serials QH76.5 .M6 B5 no.36.
Schelpe, Edmund A. C. L. E. An Introduction to the South African Orchids. Cape Town, South Africa, Purnell [1966]. Bot QK495 .O64 S34.
Schultes, Richard Evans and Arthur Stanley Pease. Generic Names of Orchids: Their Origin and Meaning. New York, Academic Press, 1963. Bot QK495 .O64 S36.
Schweinfurth, Charles. Orchids of Peru. [Chicago, IL]: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1958-61. Bot Serials.
Seidenfaden, Gunnar. The Orchids of Indochina. Copenhagen, Denmark: Council for Nordic Publications in Botany, 1992. Bot Serials.
Seidenfaden, Gunnar and Tem Smitinand. The Orchids of Thailand: A Preliminary List. Bangkok, Thailand: Siam Society, 1958-65. Bot QK495 .O64 S45.
Seidenfaden, Gunnar. Orchid Genera in Thailand. Copenhagen, Denmark: [Council for Nordic Publications in Botany], 1982. Bot Serials.
Seidenfaden, Gunnar and Jeffrey J. Wood. The Orchids of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Fredensborg, Denamrk: Olsen & Olsen, 1992. Bot QK495 .O64 S44 1992.
Szczawinski, Adam F. The Orchids of British Columbia. [Victoria, British Columbia, Canada]: Printed by D. McDiarmid, printer to the Queen, 1959. Main QK495 .O64 S92 1959.
Timby, Sara. The Orchid Observed: Five Centuries of Botanical Illustration: An Exhibit of Books from the Collections of William K. Glikbarg and the Stanford University Libraries, November 15, 1982, through January 15, 1983. Stanford, CA: Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, c1982. Main & Bot QK98.2 .O74.
Wells, T. C. E. and J. H. Willems, eds. Population Ecology of Terrestrial Orchids. The Hague : SPB Academic Publishing, 1991. Bot QK495 .O64 P66 1991.
Williams, Louis Otho. The Orchidaceae of Mexico. Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Escuela Agricola Panamericana, 1965. Bot QK495 .O64 W54.
Withner, Carl L. The Cattleyas and Their Relatives: A Book in Six Parts. Portland, OR: Timber Press, c1988. Bot SB409 .W79 1988 vol. 1-3.
Withner, Carl L. The Orchids, a Scientific Survey. New York, Ronald Press Co. [1959]. Main REF & Bot QK495 .O64 W58 1959.
Wood, Jeffrey J., Reed S. Beaman, and John H. Beaman. The Plants of Mount Kinabalu., 2, Orchids. [Richmond, Surrey, England]: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1993. Bot QK495 .O64 W67 1993.
Woods, Patrick and Mary Bates. Field Key to Wild Orchids of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland: HMSO, 1993. Bot QK495 .O64 W676 1993.
All materials with call numbers Pub, Pub Juv, Biodiv, or Biodiv Juv are available for loan to Academy members.
February 2001 -- url update July 2003