Wild Orchids of Britain

This revised edition features a complete set of new distribution maps from the Atlas of the British Flora, ensuring this beautiful book remains the standard work on the subject. Dr. Summerhayes, who was in charge of the orchid collection at Kew from 1924 to 1964, looks at our fifty-odd species in relation to the vast orchid family throughout the world. He discusses their general biology and natural history in Britain, gives a detailed account of all our orchid species, varieties and hybrids, and provides a useful key to identification. The colour photographs represent every known British species with the exception of Orchis cruenta and O. occidentalis.