Wild Orchids in Myanmar

Last Paradise of Wild Orchids
Volume 2: A Poem of Wild Orchids
by Yoshitaka Tanaka, PhD, photographs by Yoshitaka Tanaka, Nyan Htun, and Tin Tin Yee (Ann)

The second volume of a planned series of six, this book continues the project of recording the wild orchids of Myanmar (Burma). Owing to the extreme isolation of its rugged mountainous regions, and a political situation that discourages access into large areas of the country, Myanmar is host to perhaps the largest remaining population of rare species of wild orchids on Earth.

This volume contains detailed descriptions and illustrations of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids growing in the isolated Shan State region. The photographs of the plants growing in trees or in the leaf litter on limestone rocks capture the beauty of orchids in their natural environment. All the photographs are taken using only natural light. Dr. Tanaka, both a distinguished botanist and a skilled photographer, combined these talents to produce this beautifully illustrated, authoritative volume.

Bilingual English / Japanese text.

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