01316cam a22001218i 4500040000800000082002600008100001900034245005800053300001300111500009100124520096700215650001201182  cDLC00a584 KNA 2001 C074 Or.1 aKnapp, Sandra,10aEconomic Botany:bOn the Mysterious Origin of Maize /  apages cm  a"First published in 2021 by the Natural History Museum, ... London."--Title page verso  a"Extraordinary Orchids reveals some of the bizarre life-styles and interactions that botanists have uncovered among different categories of orchids: the epiphytic orchids, the ground-dwelling ones, the insect-mimicking ones and those whose lifestyles are so closely bound to their interactions with insects and birds. Many orchid common names refer to the shape-shifting forms of the orchid flower - the 'man-orchids' or 'monkeyorchids' are so called because of their resemblance to the primate form. Orchids lend themselves to depiction, and botanical artworks of them abound. Who could resist painting or drawing such odd shapes? Celebrated botanist Sandra Knapp examines each category of orchid in turn and all are illustrated with stunning artwork from artists such as Ferdinand and Franz Bauer, Arthur Harry Church, Sydney Parkinson, Henry Fletcher Hance, John Russell Reeves, and images taken from James Bateman's The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala"-- 0aOrchids