Orchids of Nainital Western Himalaya

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. About orchids. 3. Orchid habitat. 4. Previous explorations. 5. Analysis of orchids of Nainital. 6. Key to the genera. 7. Genera and species accounts. References.

Orchids are a very fascinating group of plants from botanical as well as horticultural point of view. They are among the most advanced flowering plants, showing an incredible range of diversity in shape, size, and colour of their flowers. The book ORCHIDS OF NAINITAL, WESTERN HIMALAYA, is a documentation of all the known species of orchids occurs in Nainital in and around. The present work is dealing with 44 genera 87 species based on field exploration as well as literature. All these species are put under three subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the orchids. The species are arranged in an alphabetical order and for each species correct scientific name, brief descriptions, phenology, habitat and distribution both in local and world have been provided. This book will be useful to the teachers, researchers, amateur botanists, orchidologists, conservationists, nature lovers and all those who are interested in biodiversity study including orchids of Nainital, Kumaun Himalaya and North West Himalaya.