Missouri Botanical Garden

Orchid Collection
About the MBG Orchid Collection website
This website displays summer-blooming orchids in the Missouri Botanical Garden collection. Some of these orchids can be viewed in the atrium of the Beaumont Room in the Ridgway Center and in rotating Climatron® orchid displays.

Recommended Links:

http://www.orchidspecies.com
The “Internet Orchid Photo Encyclopedia” contains excellent photos of 3407 species in 455 genera and is updated frequently.

http://www.mendelu.cz/arboretum/orchids/orchids.html
Excellent photo directory arranged by genera and a taxonomy of the genus Paphiopedilum.

http://www.orchidworks.com
Nice photos of many species orchids

http://www.aos.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
American Orchid Society Orchid Web

http://www.orchidmall.com
Many links to all kinds of orchid sites

Recommended Books:

Orchids: A Romantic History With a Guide to Cultivation
By Phillip Cribb, Christopher Bailes, Running Pr., 1992

Taylor’s Guide to Orchids by Judy White
Houghton Mifflin Co, 1996

Encyclopaedia of Cultivated Orchids
by Alex D. Hawkes, Faber & Faber,1987

Credits:

Original website concept and photography -
Amber Swanson, 2002 Horticulture Intern

Photo adjustment and website construction -
Lisa Francis, Horticulture Administrative Assistant

All photos are the property of Missouri Botanical Garden.

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