I am lucky to live in the same city as the authors of the book - they're two
of the nicest orchid people you could ever meet.

They are working on a new book - the subject is Mariposa Lilies
(Calochortus), a spectacular genus of summer dry season bulbs from
California. The wet winter of 2004 made for the best wildflower season in
California as far as anyone can remember and Ron took advantage of that by
criscrossing the state most of the year taking photos of California
wildflowers. He gave a sneak peek at the Bay Area Pleurothallid Alliance me
of some of his slides on them. Similiarly spectacular as his Masdevallia
photos.

It is scheduled for July 2007.

-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

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J Fortuna wrote:
Oh, and there are also books on masdevallias

Masdevallias: Gems Of The Orchid World (Hardcover)
by Mary E. Gerritsen, Ron Parsons
ISBN: 0881927376

I have this one. It's a fine book with plenty of the botanical nitty
gritty as well as fine pictures of many species and some hybrids.


J. Del Col