Charles Darwin - FERTILISATION OF ORCHIDS

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R1,000 - R2,000

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R2,800

Charles Darwin - FERTILISATION OF ORCHIDS

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FERTILISATION OF ORCHIDS: THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS

by Charles Darwin

London: John Murray, 1904

SECOND EDITION, SEVENTH IMPRESSION, xvi + 300 + 4 advertisement pp, original green boards, covered with plastic, wear and soiling on boards, front ep absent, front and back hinge opening, library stamps of Cape Orchid Society, library card paste in, foxing on text block edges, foxing on some pages


THE ENDANGERED CAPE ORCHID PROJECT

Proceeds to benefit the Endangered Cape Orchid Project of the Cape Orchid Society. The Project endeavors to protect and repopulate the Cape Floristic Region with indigenous orchids that are threatened, endangered or critically endangered. The ultimate aim of the Project is to reintroduce one million orchids throughout the Western Cape over the next 20 to 30 years.