Orchids in India/edited by J.K. Maheshwari, G. Kunkel, M.M. Bhandari and J.A. Duke. 1995, 144 p., figs., plates, bibliography. $40. [Originally published in the Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany, Additional series No. 11, 1995].

Contents: 1. Conservation of orchids-cultivation of four rare/endemic orchids in National Orchidarium and Experimental Garden, Yercaud/A.A. Ansari and P. Dwarakan. 2. Epipogium roseum (D. Don) Lindl.--a rare saprophytic orchid and new record from Salem district/A.A. Ansari and P. Dwarakan. 3. Luisia abrahami Vatsala (Orchidaceae)--a new record for Tamil Nadu/A.A. Ansari and P. Dwarakan. 4. Studies on the orchids of National Orchidarium and Experimental Garden, Yercaud, Tamil Nadu/A.A. Ansari and P. Dwarakan. 5. Conservation of orchids--a review on few species of Shevaroy and Kolli hills/A.A. Ansari, P. Dwarakan and P.G. Diwakar. 6. Thrixspermum muscaeflorum Rao & Joseph--a new record to Arunachal Pradesh India/Sadanand N. Hedge. 7. Orchids of western Ghat : their distribution and classification/Muktesh Kumar. 8. A new contributions to the orchid flora of northeast India during 1950-1990, with special reference to Arunachal Pradesh--a review/A. Nageswara Rao. 9. Four new records of orchids from Arunachal Pradesh, India/A. Nageswara Rao. 10. An up-to-date census of Indian orchids/P.K. Sarkar. 11. Rare, endangered and endemic orchids in India/P.K. Sarkar. 12. Bibliography on Indian orchidaceae/P.K. Sarkar. 13. Bulbophyllum rufinum Rchb. f. (Orchidaceae)--a new record for India from the Andaman Islands/M.K. Vasudeva Rao. 

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