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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Kull, Tiiu
Titre(s) : Orchid Biology [Texte électronique] : Reviews and Perspectives, X / edited by Tiiu Kull, Joseph Arditti, Sek Man Wong
Publication : Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Springer e-books, 2009
Description matérielle : 1 online resource
Note(s) : As stated many times before the purpose of Orchid Biology, Reviews and Perspectives
(OB) is to present reviews on all aspects of orchids. The aim is not to balance every
volume, but to make a balanced and wide ranging presentation of orchids in the series
as a whole. The chapters in this, the last volume of the series, range over a number
of topics which were not covered before. Singapore is justly famed for its orchids.
They can be seen on arrival (or dep- ture) in its modern, highly efficient and comfortable
Changi Airport and on the way from it to town. Vanda Miss Joaquim, the first hybrid
to come from Singapore became its National Flower. This natural hybrid can be seen
on its currency, stamps, and public and private decorations. Many excellent breeders,
starting with Prof. Eric Holttum who bred the first man made hybrid (Spathoglottis
Primrose), produced numerous magnificent hybrids and won countless awards in Singapore
and elsewhere. These hybrids served to enrich the country's orchid mystique. In the
opening chapter of this volume Dr. Teoh Eng Soon (Western style: Eng Soon Teoh), himself
a prize winning orchid breeder, grower and author writes about some of the breeders
who contributed to the Singapore orchid fame. Prof. Hans Fitting was one of the best
known plant physiologists of his time. As a young man he studied the effects of pollen
on orchid flowers
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Arditti, Joseph. Fonction indéterminée
Wong, Sek Man. Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Écologie végétale
Virologie
Arts
Sciences de la vie
Sciences -- Histoire
Virologie médicale
Botanique
Indice(s) Dewey :
580 (23e éd.) = Plantes
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781402088025
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446587646
Notice n° :
FRBNF44658764
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