Synopsis This book is a simple-to-read manual providing useful and handy information on the lucrative economic potential of over 185 species of orchids. 7 colour photos and eight appendices facilitate identification and comprehensive by the reader. It is hoped that the compilation will be invaluable to research workers with academic or applied interest in the subject, teachers and students of ethnobotany, economic botany, medical botany and related disciplines. No botanical library should be without it.