The Useful News for You

In this page, I'll introduce the good news including how to grow Paph. some products for growing etc. in the various kinds of fields in Paph.. CM about fertilizer and some activators will be all right. If you have some good information, please let me know. Thank you. E-mail to Dr. Tanaka : tanatosh@jichi.ac.jp


’ Paphiopedilums ’

Written by Dr. G. Braem and Dr. G. Chiron
Estimated time of release: September 2003

Watercolour paintings by Linda Walsh Petchnick

16 x 24 cm, Hardcover with dustjacket, 432 pages in total with 112 pages colour illustration. Covering all known Paphiopedilums occurring in the wild.


Photo: Linda Petchnick

There are two different language versions (English or French)

Price for Europe
57.40 Euro plus packaging plus postage
Subscription Price: 51.60 Euro all inclusive

Price for the Continental USA and Canada
62 $ US plus packaging plus postage (sent from the US)
Subscription Price: 56 $ US all inclusive

How to Order
please do not forget to indicate what language version you want
USA & Canada Contact to Linda Petchnick : "lindy@tx3.com"
Europe Contact Guy Chiron: "g.r.chiron@wanadoo.fr
All other countries and Germany: Contact Guido Braem: "drbraem@t-online.de"


’ Slipper Orchids of Vietnam ’

Written by Dr. Phillip Cribb and Dr. Leonid V. Averyanov

A deluxe book of 308 pages with hard cover. It is a very nice book, of course the contents should be rich and fine too. I'll recommend this book.

A several kinds of Paph. micranthum

The location of Paph. hermanii was in a small spot.

 A New Paph book ' Slipper Orchids of Vietnam ' will be published from Key Botanical Garden. The book is now with the printer and they are expecting delivery at the end of February, in time for the World Orchid Congress. The book is case bound with a dust jacket, is printed in full color throughout and contains over 400 color photographs, maps and line drawings. A useful addition to the book is the first part, which is an extensively illustrated introduction to Vientnam's vegetation.

They expect the selling price to be in the region of £37.50. Payment can be made by pro-forma invoice or by credit card.

Contact :Mr. John Harris ( e mail : j.harris@rbgkew.org.uk. )

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