This volume includes chapters on a broad range of subjects that together present the most current knowledge in orchidology. Chapters include, among others, a discussion of Calaway Dodson whose research on the orchids of Ecuador continues to inspire generations of botanists; a history of orchid discoveries by French botanists around the world; a comprehensive survey of terrestrial orchid morphology; and a thorough overview of the impact that DNA sequence data has made in orchid systematics. Orchid Biology includes a detailed appendix, the subject of which is species-by-species records from pollination to fruit ripening, seed maturation, and germination of orchids.
