Orchids

Splashproof 12-panel fold-out field guide

Can be wiped clean
Robust when working outdoors
Rucksack sized - 24.5cm x 17.5cm

With colour paintings covering 69 species, subspecies and hybrids, this chart covers all the orchids that you are likely to see in Great Britain (including the Channel Islands) and Ireland.

Illustrated identification keys on the reverse side highlight the main diagnostic characters which can be observed in the field. Guidance is given on the distribution, habitats, statutory Conservation Designations and statutory Rarity Designations of all the orchids featured.

The Guide to Orchids is part of the FSC's range of fold-out charts, designed to help users identify a wide range of plants and animals. Each charge is laminated to make is splashproof and robust for use outdoors. Clear colour illustrations and text by experts in the subject make these valuable resources for all age groups.

Although the scientific names of orchids have changed greatly over time, the names used in this guide are fully up to date. But forms described here as subspecies may appear in other accounts as species or as varieties. Likewise single species here may include two or more species as described by other authors. Two common names have been generated where none existed previously. Hybrids between species occur, sometimes the two species are in different genera. Their features are usually intermediate between their parents.