Orchid Biology

 

Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives is a book series, founded in 1977 and edited since then by Joseph Arditti, the author of

Arditti, J. 1992. Fundamentals of Orchid Biology, Wiley-Interscience, New York.

Arditti, J. and R. Ernst. 1993. Micropropagation of Orchids. Wiley-Interscience, New York.

 

CONTENTS OF ALL VOLUMES:

Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, Volume I, 1977

Joseph Arditti (ed.)

 

1. A Personal View of Orchids. - Richard E. Holttum

2. Fossil History of the Orchidaceae. - Rudolf Schmid and Marvin J. Schmid

3. Orchids in Rumphius' Herbarium Amboinense. - Hendrik C. D. de Wit

4. The Distribution and Chemistry of Alkaloids in the Orchidaceae. - Michael B. Slaytor

5. Anthocyanins of the Orchidaceae: Distribution, Heredity, Functions, Synthesis, and Localization. - Joseph Arditti and Michael H. Fisch

6. Vitamin Requirements and Metabolism in Orchids. - Joseph Arditti and Charles R. Harrison

7. Variations in Clonal Propagation. - Thavorn Vajrabhaya

Appendix: Clonal Propagation of Orchids by Means of Tissue Culture - A Manual. - Joseph Arditti


Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, Volume II, 1982

Joseph Arditti (ed.)

 

1. Auyán-tepui: Reminiscences of an Orchid Search. - G. C. K. Dunsterville and E. Dunsterville

2. A General Review of the Orchid Flora of China. - Chen Sing-chi and Tang Tsin

3. Orchid Mycorrhiza. - Geoffrey Hadley

4. The Biology of Orchids and Euglossine Bees. - Norris H. Williams

5. Carbon Fixation in Orchids. - Popuri Nageswara Avadhani, Chong Jin Goh, Adisheshappa Nagaraja Rao, and Joseph Arditti

6. Mineral Nutrition of Orchids. - Hugh A. Poole and Thomas J. Sheehan

7. Flower Induction and Physiology in Orchids. - Chong Jin Goh, Michael S. Strauss, and Joseph Arditti

Appendix: Orchid Seed Germination and Seedling Culture - A Manual. - Joseph Arditti, Mark A. Clements, Gertrud Fast, Geoffrey Hadley, Goro Nishimura, and Robert Ernst


Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, Volume III, 1984

Joseph Arditti (ed.)

 

1. Orchids: Their Innocent Past, Their Promising Yet Perilous Future. - Rebecca Tyson Northen

2. Ethnobotany of the Orchidaceae. - Leonard J. Lawler

3. Orchid Phytoalexins. - Albert Stoessl and Joseph Arditti

4. Physiology of Germinating Orchid Seeds. - Joseph Arditti and Robert Ernst

5. Carbohydrates of the Orchidaceae. - Robert Ernst and Eloy Rodriguez

6. Toxic and Allergenic Orchids. - Björn M. Hausen

7. A Reassessment of the Sectional Limits in the Genus Cymbidium Swartz. - Christopher J. Seth and Phillip J. Cribb

Appendix: Chromosomes in Orchids: Counting and Numbers. - Ryuso Tanaka and Haruyuki Kamemoto


Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, Volume IV, 1987

Joseph Arditti (ed.)

 

1. Orchidology in Southeast Asia: A History. - Arthur George Alphonso

2. Major Patterns and Processes in Orchid Evolution: A Critical Synthesis. - David H. Benzing

3. Pollination of Orchis and Related Genera: Evolution from Reward to Deception. - Amots Dafni

4. Orchid Stomata - Structure, Differentiation, Function, and Phylogeny. - Hanne Rasmussen

5. The Velamen and Exodermis of Orchid Roots. - Alec M. Pridgeon

6. Development of Pollen and Accessory Structures in Orchids. - Edward C. Yeung

7. Respiration in Orchids. - Choy Sin Hew

Appendix: Orchid Diseases - A Compendium. - Geoffrey Hadley, Mastura Arditti, and Joseph Arditti


Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, Volume V, 1990

Joseph Arditti (ed.)

 

1. Orchids in My Life. - Frits W. Went

2. The Western Australian Fully Subterranean Orchid. - Kingsley W. Dixon, John S. Pate, and John Kuo

3. Water Relations in Orchids. - Russell Sinclair

4. Auto-Pollination in the Orchidaceae. - Paul M. Catling

5. A Review of the Genus Dactylorhiza. - Leonid V. Averyanov

6. Power and Passion: The Orchid in Literature. - Martha W. Hoffman Lewis

7. Perspectives of Tropical Orchids in Space Research. - T. M. Czerevczenko and I. V. Kosakovskaya

Appendix: Flowering Months of Orchid Species under Cultivation. - Robert M. Hamilton


Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, Volume VI, 1994

Joseph Arditti (ed.)

 

1. Long-Long Misis Bilong Plaua. - Andrée N. Millar

2. History of Orchids in Europe, from Antiquity to the 17th Century. - Pierre Jacquet

3. Interactions Between Orchids and Ants. - Rod Peakall

4. Resupination. - Robert Ernst and Joseph Arditti

5. Physiology of Orchid Flowers. - Popuri Nageswara Avadhani, Helen Nair, Joseph Arditti, and Choy Sin Hew

6. Orchid Cut-Flower Production in ASEAN Countries. - Choy Sin Hew

7. Fly Pollination in the Orchidaceae. - Dorte E. Christensen

Appendix: Orchid Pests - A Compendium. - Sing Kwong Chuo, Robert Ernst, Joseph Arditti, and Choy Sin Hew


Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, Volume VII, 1997

Joseph Arditti and Alec M. Pridgeon (eds.)

 

1. Brown Danube, Blue Pacific. - Joseph Arditti

2. Ovule and Megagametophyte Development in Orchids. - Edward C. Yeung and Sandra K. Law

3. Molecular Biology of Orchids. - Adelheid R. Kuehnle

4. Fungi from Orchid Mycorrhizas. - Randolph S. Currah, Carla D. Zelmer, Sarah Hambleton, and Katherine A. Richardson

5. Orchid Production and Research in Japan. - Syoichi Ichihachi

6. Three Orchids Used as Herbal Medicines in China: An Attempt to Reconcile Chinese and Western Pharmacology. - Choy Sin Hew, Joseph Arditti and Wen Shu Lin

7. Research on Micropropagation of Cymbidium, nobile-type Dendrobium, and Phalaenopsis in Japan. - Syoichi Ichihachi

Appendix: Orchid Potting Mixtures - An Abridged Historical Review. - Thomas J. Sheehan


Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, Volume VIII, 2002

Tiiu Kull and Joseph Arditti (eds.)

Ordering details, and the table of contents

1. Plinius Germanicus and Plinius Indicus: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Descriptions and Illustrations of Orchid 'Trash Baskets', Resupination, Seeds, Floral Segments and Flower Senescence in the European Botanical Literature. - U. Wehner, W. Zierau, J. Arditti

2. Ontogeny of Orchid Flowers - H. Kurzweil, A. Kocyan

3. Population Dynamics of North Temperate Orchids - T. Kull

4. Development of Orchid Seeds and Seedlings - T. Vinogradova, E.V. Andronova

5. Temperate Oriental Cymbidium Species - Kee-Yoeup Paek, H.N. Murthy.

6. Orchid Embryos - T. Wing Yam, E.C. Yeung, Xiu-Lin Ye, Sze-Yong Zee, J. Arditti

7. Orchid Seeds and their Germination: An Historical Account - T. Wing Yam, H. Nair, Choy Sin Hew, J. Arditti

Appendix: Orchid Viruses - A Compendium - Sek Man Wong


Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, Volume IX, 2007

Kenneth Cameron, Joseph Arditti, and Tiiu Kull (eds.)

(in print)


Publishers:

Volumes I-IV, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY

Volume V, Timber Press, Portland, OR

Volume VI, Wiley-Interscience, New York, NY

Volume VII-VIII, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht & Boston & London

Volume IX, New York Botanical Garden Press

 

 

These volumes can be ordered, e.g., from www.nhbs.co.uk

 

From a review to Orchid Biology vol. 7 - by William Louis Stern (Department of Botany, University of Florida), in Plant Science Bulletin 45(2), 1999:

In volume I Arditti stipulates an increasing need for a series of reviews on orchids to provide perspective and to cover different points of view in areas of interest. Each volume commences with a biographical sketch or reminiscence of a historical nature often involving a special person in the field of orchid study. Every volume consists of a series of detailed summary articles on some phase of orchidology climaxed by a thorough reference section. In each volume the terminal article, or appendix, is one of more or less practical interest. Beginning with volume IV, each article is accompanied by a glossary of technical terms used in the article.