Authoritative account of European and Mediterranean orchids by leading experts. All European and eastern Mediterranean orchids are included in this field guide. Features 30 genera including Ophrys, Cypripedium, Orchis, Dactylorhiza, Epipactis, Serapias, as well as 70 natural hybrids. An easy to use identification guide illustrated with over 2000 photographs along with notes on distinguishing features and distribution maps. Introductory chapters cover the orchid life cycle, pollination, ecology, habitats, conservation, classification.Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean is a comprehensive photographic guide to the orchids of the region written by leading experts, who between them have decades of orchid field and research experience.

The book covers 30 genera and their species including Ophrys, Cypripedium, Orchis, Dactylorhiza, Epipactis and Serapias, as well as 70 natural hybrids. Much of the confusion over identification is dueto the morphological variation a species can have within a habitat and across its distribution, andtherefore to simplify identification, several images accompany each species to illustrate this diversity, along with notes on distinguishing features and distribution maps. Each species is also accompanied by common names and important synonyms, as well as notes on habitat, flowering times and

distinguishing features.