Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives X

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

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2. Biographies

   • Eng Soon Teoh

   Pages 1-35

3. History-Physiology

   • Tim Wing Yam, Yong Neng Chow, Popuri Nageswara Avadhani, Choy Sin Hew, Joseph Arditti, Hubert Kurzweil

   Pages 37-140

4. Biblical And Talmudic Literature

   • Arnold S. Dunn, Joseph Arditti

   Pages 141-157

5. Morphology

   • Kevin L Davies

   Pages 159-184

6. Pollination Biology

   • Ettore Pacini

   Pages 185-218

7. Art

   • Karen E. Quinn

   Pages 219-231

8. History-Pollination

   • Joseph Arditti, Adisheshappa Nagaraja Rao, Helen Nair

   Pages 233-249

9. Virology

   • Prabha Ajjikuttira, Sek-Man Wong

   Pages 251-277

10. Back Matter

    Pages 279-451

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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.

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• Department of Botany Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

  Tiiu Kull

• Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irivne, USA

  Joseph Arditti

• Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore

  Sek Man Wong

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