| Central Florida Wildflowers |
| A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Lake Wales Ridge, Ocala National Forest, Disney Wilderness Preserve, and More Than 60 State Parks and Preserves |
| Roger L. Hammer |
| FalconGuides (2016) |
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| Summary: This guide features stunning color photographs of 300 common wildflowers from Ocala National Forest, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, the Disney Wilderness Preserve, Archbold Biological Station, and Paynes Prairie State Park among others. Detailed descriptions and full-color photos aid the reader in identifying plants in the field. |
| Genre: Nature |
| Number of Pages: 256 |
| Language: English |
| Dewey Decimal: 582.1309759 |
| LCC: QK154.H274 2016 |
| OCLC: 945874732 |
| ISBN: 9781493022151 |
| Reading Status: Finished |
| Quantity: 1 copies |
| Date Added: September 18, 2022 |
| Tags: Florida Orchids |
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| Summary: The Everglades region is a mosaic of interconnected ecosystems where a slight elevation change can lead you from dry, rocky pinelands and shady hardwood hammocks to flooded grassy prairies and deep, mysterious swamps. Fascinating wildflowers abound in every habitat. This full-color, expanded second edition contains beautiful photos, easy-to-understand descriptions, and interesting facts about 362 wildflowers that inhabit this picturesque region. |
| Genre: Nature |
| Number of Pages: 256 |
| Language: English |
| Dewey Decimal: 582.1309759/39 |
| LCC: QK154 |
| OCLC: 905917892 |
| ISBN: 9780762787531 |
| Reading Status: Finished |
| Quantity: 1 copies |
| Date Added: September 18, 2022 |
| Tags: Florida Orchids |
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| Summary: This is the ultimate guide to discovering the vast "River of Grass" ecoregion of the southern Florida mainland. Packed with photographs, maps, and informative text, this guide will help outdoor enthusiasts appreciate the landscape and varied flora and fauna of this watershed whether they have a day to spend in the effort or a lifetime. This edition includes new routes in Biscayne National Park. Whether traveling by canoe or by foot, this guide will enhance the next journey into the remarkable Everglades. |
| Genre: Sports & Recreation |
| Number of Pages: 248 |
| Language: English |
| Dewey Decimal: 917.593904 |
| LCC: F317.E9 H37 2015 |
| Reading Status: Unread |
| Date Added: December 7, 2021 |
| Tags: Florida Orchids |
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| Summary: Fully revised and updated, Florida Keys Wildflowers is the ultimate field guide to wildflowers, trees, and shrubs of the ecoregion that extends from Soldier Key to the Marquesas Keys, including Dry Tortugas. Whether you are looking for the endemic Big Pine Partridge Pea, the elusive Ghost Plant, or the fragrant Spicewood, this guide will aid in plant identification for botanists and novice enthusiasts alike. Packed with vivid color photos and informative text, this valuable reference will help you identify and appreciate the unique and varied flora of this lush, tropical region. Inside you'll find: Detailed descriptions and color photos of more than 300 plants An introduction to the habitats and ecology of the Florida Keys Plants arranged by color and family A glossary of botanical terms A primer on plant characteristics |
| Genre: Wild flowers |
| Number of Pages: 240 |
| Language: English |
| Dewey Decimal: 582.13/09759/41 |
| LCC: QK154 |
| OCLC: 1281793122 |
| ISBN: 9781493062119 |
| Reading Status: Finished |
| Quantity: 1 copies |
| Date Added: September 18, 2022 |
| Tags: Florida Orchids |
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| Summary: A month-by-month guide to the growing, care and feeding of vanda in the Florida climate. |
| Number of Pages: 225 |
| Language: English |
| Dewey Decimal: 635.9344 |
| Reading Status: Unread |
| Date Added: December 7, 2021 |
| Tags: Florida Orchids and Genera Specific |
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| Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean’s wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered flower—the rare ghost orchid Polyrrhiza lindenii—a deeply eccentric and oddly attractive man named John Laroche leads Orlean on an unforgettable tour of America’s strange flower-selling subculture, through Florida’s swamps and beyond, along with the Seminoles who help him and the forces of justice who fight him. In the end, Orlean—and the reader—will have more respect for underdog determination and a powerful new definition of passion. In this new edition, coming fifteen years after its initial publication and twenty years after she first met the “orchid thief,” Orlean revisits this unforgettable world, and the route by which it was brought to the screen in the film Adaptation, in a new retrospective essay.Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more. Praise for The Orchid Thief “Stylishly written, whimsical yet sophisticated, quirkily detailed and full of empathy . . . The Orchid Thief shows [Orlean’s] gifts in full bloom.”—The New York Times Book Review “Fascinating . . . an engrossing journey [full] of theft, hatred, greed, jealousy, madness, and backstabbing.”—Los Angeles Times “Orlean’s snapshot-vivid, pitch-perfect prose . . . is fast becoming one of our national treasures.”—The Washington Post Book World “Orlean’s gifts [are] her ear for the self-skewing dialogue, her eye for the incongruous, convincing detail, and her Didion-like deftness in description.”—Boston Sunday Globe “A swashbuckling piece of reporting that celebrates some virtues that made America great.”—The Wall Street Journal |
| Genre: Biography & Autobiography |
| Number of Pages: 320 |
| Language: English |
| Dewey Decimal: 584/.409759 |
| OCLC: 43319028 |
| ISBN: 9780449003718 |
| Reading Status: Finished |
| Quantity: 1 copies |
| Date Added: July 8, 2023 |
| Tags: Beginners and Florida Orchids |
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| Summary: The Ultimate Guide to Paddling the Everglades! Nothing compares to paddling Everglades and Biscayne National Parks. Encompassing nearly 1.7 million acres combined, these two national parks cover most of South Florida, from Everglades City south to Flamingo and across much of Florida Bay, and from the western shoreline of Biscayne Bay east to the offshore reefs, including part of the upper Florida Keys. Paddlers can discover beautiful ecosystems, fascinating habitats, and many diverse paddling routes. Paddling Everglades and Biscayne National Parks details at least 40 of the very best paddles throughout the National Parks, providing routes for every type of paddler. -User-friendly format with informative maps throughout -Informative at-a-glance paddle specs for every route -Full-color photos throughout -GPS coordinates for every put-in/takeout |
| Genre: Sports & Recreation |
| Number of Pages: 264 |
| Language: English |
| Dewey Decimal: 797.12209759 |
| LCC: GV776.F6 H36 2020 |
| OCLC: 1147821271 |
| ISBN: 9781493042630 |
| Reading Status: Finished |
| Quantity: 1 copies |
| Date Added: September 18, 2022 |
| Tags: Florida Orchids |
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| Summary: A history of Bob Fuchs from RF Orchids and his family |
| Number of Pages: 107 |
| Language: English |
| Dewey Decimal: 778.1 |
| OCLC: 746159774 |
| ISBN: 9780615161594 |
| Reading Status: Finished |
| Quantity: 1 copies |
| Date Added: April 26, 2023 |
| Tags: Florida Orchids |
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| Summary: Some people will do anything for beauty or fame "FANTASTIC. If I did not know most of the main players I would have thought the author had a vivid and twisted imagination.."--Paul Martin Brown, author of Wild Orchids of Florida "A fascinating true story of obsession, greed, and lust for the unobtainable. Reminds me a great deal of The Maltese Falcon. This rare flower is definitely the stuff that dreams are made of."--Ace Atkins, author of Devil's Garden and Infamous "Pittman has captured the extreme competition, unique characters, and general insanity that often typify the orchid world. The Scent of Scandal exemplifies how passion and profit can overrule common sense and the law."--Scott Steward, former associate editor, North American Native Orchid Journal Every year more than 100,000 people visit Sarasota's Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, in large part to see its vast orchid collection, one of the most magnificent in the world. But the most famous orchid in Selby's history--the one hailed as the most significant find in a century--isn't on display. It's the one that led to search warrants, a grand jury investigation, and headlines around the country. Discovered in Peru in 2002, the Phragmipedium kovachii quickly became the most sought-after orchid in the world. Prices soared to $10,000 on the black market and otherwise rational people bent rules and broke laws in their obsessive quest to possess it. Award-winning journalist Craig Pittman covered this fascinating story, as it happened, for the St. Petersburg Times, Florida's largest newspaper. In this enthralling account, he unravels the tangled web of smugglers, scientists, and federal investigators to reveal who the real criminals were in this sordid affair. He also shines a spotlight on flaws in the international treaties governing trade in endangered wildlife--treaties that often protect individual plants and animals in shipping but do little to halt the destruction of whole colonies in the wild. With candid interviews from nearly everyone involved in the case, The Scent of Scandal unspools like a riveting mystery novel, stranger than anything in Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief or the film Adaptation. Pittman shows how some people can become so obsessed--with beauty, with profit, with fame, with the desire to own a rare flower--that even the possibility of going to prison will not deter their risking everything. Craig Pittman writes about environmental issues for the St. Petersburg Times. He is the coauthor of Paving Paradise: Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss and author of Manatee Insanity: Inside the War over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species. |
| Genre: History |
| Number of Pages: 299 |
| Language: English |
| Dewey Decimal: 584/.409759 |
| LCC: QK495.O64 P52 2012 |
| OCLC: 748330850 |
| ISBN: 9780813039749 |
| Reading Status: Finished |
| Quantity: 1 copies |
| Date Added: August 8, 2022 |
| Tags: Beginners and Florida Orchids |
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| Summary: First published in 2002, Wild Orchids of Florida was the very first field guide for this orchid-rich state, and it inspired many to try their hand at orchid hunting. Because of its overwhelming popularity and in an attempt to provide the latest developments in orchid research, native orchid expert Paul Martin Brown follows up with this newly revised and expanded edition. The guide contains 200 new points of fact, including: · more than 100 new county records established since 2002 · three recently rediscovered species that have not been seen in 100 years · two previously undocumented species, six new hybrids, and several new color forms described and illustrated for the first time · the resurrection and revalidation of the little-used genus of Gymnadeniopsis · 34 revised county distribution maps, 37 new color photos, and three new watercolors by Stan Folsom With its comprehensive yet easy-to-follow treatment, Wild Orchids of Florida remains the essential field companion for professional botanists, native plant enthusiasts, nature lovers, or anyone who wants to learn more about what's growing out in the wilds of Florida. |
| Genre: Nature |
| Number of Pages: 409 |
| Language: English |
| Dewey Decimal: 584/.409759 |
| LCC: QK495.O64 B736 2005 |
| OCLC: 61859886 |
| ISBN: 9780813029337 |
| Reading Status: Finished |
| Quantity: 1 copies |
| Date Added: January 10, 2024 |
| Tags: Florida Orchids |