Author Description

Erich Nelson (1897 1980) dedicated his life to the study of the form of plants, in particular orchids. This present work comprises a text volume and the previously unpublished illustrations of the genus Orchis (around 80 plant portraits in their original size on 44 plates of 280 x 375 mm format). The highest quality of reproduction has been strived for in order to depict the undiminished beauty of the water-colours for which Nelson's earlier works are renowned.