Wily Violets and Underground Orchids: Revelations of a Botanist - Hardcover

Bernhardt, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688083501 ISBN 13: 9780688083502

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1989

Synopsis

Gathers information on unusual plants found on the author's travels through Australia, South America, and the United States

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

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 find Wily Violets and Underground Orchids a lively guide to botanical lore.

About the Author:

Peter Bernhardt is professor of biology at Saint Louis University and a research associate with the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, Gods and Goddesses in the Garden: Greco-Roman Mythology and the Scientific Names of Plants.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0688083501
• ISBN 13: 9780688083502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 255