Orchids of Orissa

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Orchids are known for their beautiful flowers. They are also the most advanced family in the flowering plants. The botanical speciality and horticultural importance of orchids are narrated in the introduction of the book. The preface gives a picture of the earlier botanical account of Orissa. A brief account of the geography of the State, the distribution of orchid, account of the orchidrich habitats of the State have been provided. Important aspects like the lifeform, growth habits and morphology of the Orissa orchids have been dealt in detail. The flowering period and periodicity, as observed in the field during seasonal visits, has been recorded. The present status of orchids in Orissa and measures for conservation has been suggested. In the systematics, the taxonomy and classification of the Orissa orchids with brief keys to the subfamilies and exhaustive keys to the genera, based on both floral and field characters are provided. The floristic analysis of the species has been dealt thereafter. The enumeration of the species provides detailed morphological description of each of the 130 species, followed by their flowering and fruiting period, taxonomical notes, field notes dealing with flowering, occurrence of the species in Orissa and their distribution within and outside India. Analytical drawings of the habit and the floral organs for each species, drawn by the author from live specimens, have also been provided for every species. This book will be very useful as a reference tool for the plant scientists, foresters, horticulturists, orchid growers and students. It will be equally helpful to the orchid lovers for the foregoing reasons. The analytical drawings, the colour photographs for a large number of species and the taxonomical notes will be helpful for identification of this rather difficult group of plants.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sarat Misra

Sarat Misra has an intimate knowledge on the Orissa orchids through his close and prolonged association with the wild. A native of Orissa, he did his degree in Civil Engineering in 1963 from Utkal University. He served under the Governmetn of Orissa in the Works Department and retired in 1998 as Chief Engineer. He was introduced to the orchids during 1968. His main interest was floristics and the taxonomy. But he also studied the phenology, especially of flowering, and the conservation biology of orchids. He has been frequently visiting the herbaria of the Botanical Survey of India. He has also visited the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the British (Natural History) Museum, London, for study of the Indian orchids. He has to his credit 60 papers published in books and journals within and outside India. He was conferred with the degree of Doctor of Science (honoris causa) in Orchidology by the Utkal Univresity in 1996. he is presently a member of the Orissa State Pollution Control Board and a member of the Research Committee of the Similipal Biosphere Reserve. He is a founder member of the Orchid Society of India and functions as its Secretary for the Orissa and Bihar Chapter. Dr. Misra is also a member of the Orchid Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission from India. He is currently heading a collaborating unit of All India Coordinated Research Project on Taxonomy Capacity Building of Indian Orchids, sponsored by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

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Title
Orchids of Orissa
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8121103894
Length
xii+774p., Tables; Plates; Figures; Glossary; References; Index; 24cm.
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