Overview
- Editors:
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Tiiu Kull
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Department of Botany Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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Joseph Arditti
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Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irivne, USA
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Sek Man Wong
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Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- The only scientific peer reviewed series on orchids in existence at present
- Extensive, detailed and authoritative reviews by experts in each field
- A variety of topics
- International scope
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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- Tim Wing Yam, Yong Neng Chow, Popuri Nageswara Avadhani, Choy Sin Hew, Joseph Arditti, Hubert Kurzweil
Pages 37-140
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- Arnold S. Dunn, Joseph Arditti
Pages 141-157
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- Joseph Arditti, Adisheshappa Nagaraja Rao, Helen Nair
Pages 233-249
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- Prabha Ajjikuttira, Sek-Man Wong
Pages 251-277
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Back Matter
Pages 279-451
About this book
As stated many times before the purpose of Orchid Biology, Reviews and Perspectives (OB) is to present reviews on all aspects of orchids. The aim is not to balance every volume, but to make a balanced and wide ranging presentation of orchids in the series as a whole. The chapters in this, the last volume of the series, range over a number of topics which were not covered before. Singapore is justly famed for its orchids. They can be seen on arrival (or dep- ture) in its modern, highly efficient and comfortable Changi Airport and on the way from it to town. Vanda Miss Joaquim, the first hybrid to come from Singapore became its National Flower. This natural hybrid can be seen on its currency, stamps, and public and private decorations. Many excellent breeders, starting with Prof. Eric Holttum who bred the first man made hybrid (Spathoglottis Primrose), produced numerous magnificent hybrids and won countless awards in Singapore and elsewhere. These hybrids served to enrich the country’s orchid mystique. In the opening chapter of this volume Dr. Teoh Eng Soon (Western style: Eng Soon Teoh), himself a prize winning orchid breeder, grower and author writes about some of the breeders who contributed to the Singapore orchid fame. Prof. Hans Fitting was one of the best known plant physiologists of his time. As a young man he studied the effects of pollen on orchid flowers.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Botany Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
Tiiu Kull
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Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irivne, USA
Joseph Arditti
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Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Sek Man Wong
