Paphiopedilum, popularly known as the Venus slipper, is from the lady slipper orchid subfamily Cypripedioideae of the flowering plant family Orchidaceae. Although native to Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Southern China and parts of the Pacific, it has been so extensively poached that cultivated plants are much more common today.  This, the second edition of The Genus Paphiopedilum reviews the latest knowledge in taxonomy, evolution and classification of the genus, based on morphological and molecular analysis. New Hardback in a New Dust Jacket. Second Edition.  427 pages with numerous line drawings and over 100 colour illustrations

 Weight: 2.4 kg Post free within Malaysia, but, due to its weight, this book is likely to incur additional postal charges when posted outside Malaysia

Published by: Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 1998