Este volumen es, ante todo, un ensayo pictorico sobre la diversidad de la flora de Puerto Rico e Islas Virgenes. Se dirige principalmente a los amantes de la naturaleza y las orquideas. El texto que acompana las pinturas describe cada especie, incluyendo su taxonomia, historia natural y distribucion. Los lectores que deseen profundizar aun mas encontraran definiciones e informacion adicional en la Introduccion y en el Glosario. Contiene mas de 50 acuarelas.
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Maruja Del Castillo Mayda studied art in her native Salamanca, at the Academia Real de Arte "San Fernando" in Madrid, and with the well-known painter and teacher E. Chicharro. after a successful career in portraits and still-life, including almost a decade in Washington, D.C., she moved to Puerto Rico in 1966. An amateur naturalist, she developed an interest in native orchids and began to piant this collection in 1973, starting with an oncidium found on a sailing trip to Culebra.!
Maruja Del Castillo Mayda estudio arte en Salamanca, su ciudad natal, en la Academia Real de Arte "San Fernando" en Madrid, y con el conocido pintor y maestro E. Chicharro. Luego de una exitosa carrera en retratos y naturaleza muerta y casi diez anos en Washington, D.C., se mudo a Puerto Rico en 1966. Naturalista for aficion desarrollo gran interes por las orquideas nativas y comenzo a pintar esta coleccion en 1973 con una oncidium que se encontro en un viaje por mar a la isla de Culebra.
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