OrchidsA beautiful, richly illustrated book on Europes wild orchids perhaps the most enigmatic and popular group in the botanical world. The orchid family (Orchidaceae), numbering some 25,000 species, is one of the worlds two largest families of flowering plants. Whilst the vast majority of orchids are found in the wet tropics, Europe accommodates c. 130 native orchid species which are equally arranged in dense inflorescences of great beauty. Furthermore,