THE BOOK OF BROMELIADS and Hawaiian Tropical Flowers ©2000 Ronald W. Parkhurst 216 pages, 8½ x 11, hardcover. 650 color photos.  A stunningly beautiful, high quality, non technical coffee-table-style bromeliad book. $39.95 #B40

New Tillandsia Handbook ©1998, Shimizu & Takizawa. 134 pgs, 7 x 10in, soft cover with a dust jacket. 380 color plates. Text and photo captions are in both English and Japanese with technical names in Latin. The best available book on Tillandsias! $27.00 #B33

Tillandsia 1, Beginning With Tillandsias In Czech and English. A refreshing treatment of the Tillandsia hobby. A good book for beginners, written in an easy to understand, non-scientific manner. ©2001 By Antonin & Ondrej Lukscheiter, 5.5 x 8in, 145 pages, soft cover, many line dwgs. and color plates. $12.50 #B46

Canistropsis - Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest ©1998 by Elton M.C. Leme The second of 3 on the revision of Nidularium. Hardbound, 140 pages, 100 color plates, 30 black and white and over 20 illustrations, covering the genera Canistropsis, Protoregelia and Neoregelia sub. longipetalopsis. $59.95  #B34

Northern Mindanao Bromeliads ©2002 Juanilla Alfonso-Go 400+ beautiful color photos of spectacularly colored bromeliads grown on this Philippine island. 38 pages. $30.00 #B50

Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: A Gardener's Guide, Mary and Gary Irish, 384 pp, 100 color photos, 6 x 9in, hardcover, ©2000 Outlining the gardening use of a many Agaves, Yuccas, and related species. For all with interest in this diverse and horticulturally important group of plants. $49.95 #B41

CAUDICIFORM & Pachycaul Succulents, Rowley ©1993, The bible for caudex lovers. 10 x 10in hardbound, 282 pages, 400 color photos and informative, often humorous text covering every aspect of these weird and wonderful plants. $95.00 #B17

SUCCULENTS, The Illustrated Dictionary, ©1994, Sajeva & Costanzo An extremely useful book! 1,212 color photos. 239 pages, 9 x 11in Softbound. A greatvalue for all this information and color. $29.95 #B18

Succulents II, The New Illustrated Dictionary. Sajeva & Costanzo, 234 pp, 1222 color photos, 8 ½ x 11”, hardcover, ©2000. A supplement to the original, includes hundreds of species not covered in the first volume. $49.95 #B38 

Succulents for the Contemporary Garden By  Cave ©2002 Hardcover, 176 pages, 346 color photos. Descriptions and cultivation information for hundreds of species and cultivars, will help gardeners choose plants that are best suited to their design requirements and garden conditions. $29.95 #B59

The Amazing Aglaonema ©2002 Brown 140 pages, 200 color photos. Covers horticulture, taxonomy, pests, and hybridizing. $18.95 #B51

The Cordyline (Ti Plant) "King of Tropical Foliage"  B. Frank Brown ED. D, ©1994 105 pages, 205 color photos, descriptions, history and culture of most cultivated varieties. 8½ x 12in, hardbound. $24.95 #B2

CYCADS: Their Cultivation & Propagation, ©1995 by Guy Wrinkle, is a concise little 26 page  book on home growing of cycads. Packed with essential information. B&W photos. Now our of print, $10.00 #B25

Bananas You Can Grow Waddick & Stokes ©2000 128 pages, soft cover. Everything a hobby grower of bananas could want to know. Beautiful color photos of over 60 varieties, both edible and ornamental. FAQ’s and even recipes! $19.95 #B44

THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ORCHIDS, Alec Pridgeon, ©1992. A beautiful book. Amateur and pro alike will find this volume infinitely useful. 304 pages, 9½ x 12½ , 1,000 color photos for easy identification and capsule information that is understandable to all, only $45.00 #B22

Botanica’s ORCHIDS ©2002 8 x 6in soft cover. 608 pages with over 1000 photos! What a book! Describes over 1200 species, super photos and concise text. Loaded with good information. And the price! Heck, by the pound it may be our least expensive book! Highly recommended. If you buy only one orchid book… Only $24.95! #B55

ORCHIDS, A Kew Gardens Guide by Joyce Stewart, 124 pp, 57 color illustrations, 18 line drawings, 7 x 9½”, hardcover, ©2000  An excellent primer for the beginner or hobbyist that covers in layman’s terms cultivation, propagation, pests and diseases. Almost half the book is devoted to an A-Z listing of recommended species and hybrids for various conditions. This is the book you need if you are just starting out. Priced reasonably at only $19.95 #B42

Manual of Orchids Editors: Joyce Stewart and Mark Griffiths, 448 pp, 107 line drawings, 6 x 9 ½”, hardcover, ©1995 This is the most complete guide to cultivated orchids currently available. A summary of each genus, with cultural information, is followed by descriptions of the species. $49.95 #B43

Vandas, Their Botany, History and Culture ©1997, Martin R Motes, Dr. Motes is a second generation orchidist and his insight and expertise is reflected in this complete treatment of the botany, breeding, care and cultivation of Vandas. A beautiful 6x9in hardcover book with 188 pages and 113 color photos. $32.95 #B36

NATIVE ECUADORIAN ORCHIDS An important and beautiful treatment of Ecuadorian orchids in 5 volumes.   Volume 1, Aa to Dracula. 208 pages 372 illustrations; 203 drawings and 169 color photos.   Vol. 1 $85.00 #B48

Volume 2, Dresslerella through Lepanthes. 212 pages  485 illustrations; 201 drawings and 284 color photos. Vol. 2 $85.00 #B49

Volume 3, Lepanthopsis to Lycomormium. 232 pages, 62 of illustrations. Vol. 3 $85.00 #B52

Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourists Guide by Richard & Patricia Bartlett ©2003 448 pages, soft cover, hundreds of color photos. A must-have field guide for any with an interest in herpetology or who travels in the Amazon region. $29.95 #B57

Pachyforms; A Guide to Growing Caudiciform and Pachycaul Plants by Philippe de Vosjoli. ©2004 336 pages, 380 color photos. 10 x 7in Soft cover with flaps. The new standard! A great book for beginner or expert grower, packed with information on growing, and loaded with photos to give you collecting fever! Value priced at only $39.95 #B58

BROMELIADS for the Contemporary Garden ©2003 198 pages, 290 color photos 8½ x 10¼in hardcover. Beginners, enthusiasts, and connoisseurs will enjoy the descriptions and cultivation information for hundreds of species and cultivars, from Aechmea to Vriesea, along with an impressive range of photographs, to inspire gardeners and collectors. $29.95 #B56

Jewels Of The Jungle: Bromeliaceae Of Ecuador ©2000 Jose Manzanares A treatment of one of the richest bromeliad floras on earth, an incredible 455 species of bromeliads in one of the smallest countries in South America. The first of four planned volumes. 9 x 12 Hardbound, with hundreds of magnificent photos. $130.00 #B53

BROMELIADS ©2000 Francisco Oliva-Esteve This magnificent volume is a treatment of hundreds of species representing 47 genera, with over 950 beautiful color photos, including some of the most dramatic habitat photos ever. A gorgeous book by any standard, it is a massive 13½ x 10 inches and nearly an inch and a half thick, weighing in at seven and a half pounds!  The dust cover photo is an eye-popper! $150.00 #B45

CARNIVOROUS PLANTS OF THE WORLD, ©1996, J & P Pietropaolo. A complete overview of these fascinating plants, covering all known carnivorous genera with comprehensive treatment of cultural requirements. 8½ x 11in hardbound, 57 color plates. Now in paperback! Only $25.00 #B19


An Orchidist’s Lexicon Oregon Orchid Society ©2004 Soft cover, 6x9in, 96 pages. This excellent book answers many of the most frequently asked questions about orchids; origins, nomenclature including common names and abbreviations, lists of fragrant species, a synopsis of AOS awards and glossary. #B60 $8.95