Orquídeas Nativas da Amazônia Brasileira

Abstract

The book brings the exuberance of the orchid flora of this region, presented not only by the ornamental beauty of the species, but associated with information on habitats and specific behavior, as well as a list of scientific names and other data from the studies carried out continuously by João Batista Fernandes da Silva and Manoela Ferreira Fernandes da Silva. This edition brings important updates, such as the insertion of ten species, different by the first time in this publication and other new occurrences for the Brazilian flora, including a species Sobralia imaveirae, whose name is a tribute by the authors to Dr. Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, former director and specialist researcher in the field of Botany at this institution. For the updates and incorporation of new species to science, the book becomes a reference for studies botanists, for orchidists, landscapers and collectors, as well as for non-scientists attend to discover the beauty of these flowers, which have enchanted humanity for a long time. remote, for their beauty and perfume, as the authors show us.