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Orchids
 

Nepal is a multi-geographical country and it has a good climate to flourish orchids. Orchid is a beautiful flower and it also extends more enchantment to the trekkers. There are approximately 9797species of orchids all over the world. Among them 363 genera are recorded in Nepal. It is largely found in hilly region. All Nepalese orchids are considered beautiful and most of them especially epiphytic ones have very attractive flowers. The book "Beautiful Orchids of Nepal" is an attempt to illustrate the diversities found in the structures of 101 wild orchid species of Nepal, along with their descriptions, flowering time, distribution plus color photographs. The book will be useful for all Himalayan plant lovers. The Trekkers are enchanted by the orchid flowers that they find during a simple trekking in the Nepalese territory.

Artificially bred species or hybrids are not included in the 140 species and varieties presented in the book. The pictures are arranged in alphabetical sequence of Latin names in order to express species richness in a genus. Some genus like Dendrobium has a large share of 32 pictures representing 23 species. Among other genera, the Bulbophyllum (17 Sps.), Cymbidium (12 Sps.) and Coelogyne (8 Sps.) are widely covered in the book. The highest altitudinal record of photographs in the book is from the Everest region at 4,200 m, for a pretty ground orchid Galearis Spathulata. The pattern of altitudinal distribution and flowering period is duly illustrated to determine appropriate season for a given range of altitude.

 

 

 

 

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