This greatly expanded and updated edition of a classic reference work comprises two volumes offering a compendium of methods for multiplying orchids through micropropagation.

• A detailed collection of procedures and methods for multiplying orchids, including organ, tissue, and cell culture techniques in vitro
  
• Presents classic techniques that have been in the forefront of orchid propagation since they were first developed in 1949
  
• Detailed procedures are appended with tables and complete recipes for a large number of culture media
  
• Includes many illustrations, chemical formulas, historical vignettes, and seldom seen illustrations of people, orchids, apparatus and tools