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Bokens framsida visar knärot, Goodyera repens

The book, which is made as a photo book, covers all 59 species / subspecies that have been found in Sweden.
The format is 25 x 20 cm, hard covers. 121 pages. Swedish text (latin species name).

A book about Swedish orchids

Our orchids have fascinated me since the early 80's. Over the years, I have had the opportunity to visit different places around Sweden to photograph these. There have been trips from Abisko in the north to southern Skåne, trips that in addition to orchids also provided opportunities to experience our beautiful Swedish nature and to meet nice people who shared my interest.
The book "Sweden's orchids - a photographic review" is an attempt to summarize my interest in these beautiful plants. It contains a short description and a number of pictures for each of Sweden's orchid species.
The European orchid flora is constantly changing, perhaps not so much in the fields but all the more so in the literature. New findings give reason to make new descriptions of existing species or the need to move species between genera to get a better agreement with what new scientific methods have come to about what the relationships between the species look like. Such changes also exist in the Swedish orchid flora. Although I have not embraced all such changes in the book, I have tried to include comments for the species where changes may be accepted.

By pressing the button below, you will come to a page of the company that prints the book. There you can order it but also browse through the book. Press "Preview" below the image when you enter the page. You then get the book up and can scroll through it with the arrow keys on the keyboard (NOTE: The two arrows at the top give a much larger image).