An Orchid Flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem (73)
Puerto Rico, with its largely tropical oceanic climate dominated by easterly trade winds, has three distinctive physiographic regions: the coastal lowlands, the karst hills, and a complex upland area. Within these are a diversity of vegetation and habitat types in which can be found 145 species of orchids in 65 genera of the family Orchidaceae. This volume provides identication keys, black and white illustrations, and descriptions of the Puerto Rican orchids.Also included are distribution and specific habitat information for each species and information on flowering times and pollination biology.
Puerto Rico, with its largely tropical oceanic climate dominated by easterly trade winds, has three distinctive physiographic regions: the coastal lowlands, the karst hills, and a complex upland area. Within these are a diversity of vegetation and habitat types in which can be found 145 species of orchids in 65 genera of the family Orchidaceae. This volume provides identication keys, black and white illustrations, and descriptions of the Puerto Rican orchids.Also included are distribution and specific habitat information for each species and information on flowering times and pollination biology.