Vol 13 No 1 - March, 2003



A winner with every issue! This is how it works. If you order, you will be automatically entered. If you wish to enter, but do not want to order, just write or e-mail us with your name, address and phone number, and you will be entered. No phone entries please. At the end of the allotted time period, just before the publication of the next Cargo Report, a drawing will be made and the winner will be issued a check for $100 to spend as they see fit. It’s not big bucks, but someone will win every time! 

The winner this time is Sue C. of University Park, Florida. 
Congratulations! Who’s next?


Don’t Miss! Tropiflora’s Spring Festival 
Friday and Saturday, April 4th & 5th from 8am to 5pm
and Sunday, April 6th from 10am to 3 pm

Don’t miss this huge event with hundreds of thousands of sale plants, guest plant vendors, arts and crafts, live entertainment, great food, seminars, raffles, door prizes, huge bargain-bin and free parking.


NEW BOOK!
Jewels Of The Jungle: Bromeliaceae Of Ecuador
©2000 Jose Manzanares A long awaited treatment of the bromeliad flora of one of the richest bromeliad habitats on earth. Ecuador  contains an incredible 455 species of bromeliads in one of the smallest countries in South America. Far to vast a flora to adequately represent in a single volume, this book represents the first of four planned volumes. This first treatment encompasses plants of the subfamily Bromelioideae, along with detailed information about their habitats. 9 x 12 Hardbound, with hundreds of magnificent photos. This is a Don’t Miss volume. 
$130.00 #B53

Northern Mindanao Bromeliad Collections by Juanilla Ma. Alfonso-Go ©2002 Over 400 beautiful color photos of bromeliads, mostly Neoregelis. A color compendium of the spectacularly colored bromeliads as grown on this Philippine island. If you are familiar with Shane Zaghinii’s books, then this format too will be familiar to you. 38 pages, almost all pictures. Exclusive U.S. offering, a must for all bromeliad lovers! Only $30.00 Post Paid in the U.S. 
$30.00 #B50

NATIVE ECUADORIAN ORCHIDS An important and beautiful treatment of Ecuadorian orchids in five volumes. A total of 3,762 orchid species have been recorded from Ecuador, the highest of any country in the world. Each volume is arranged by genus, and is terminated by a list of the species in the genera treated, with voucher specimen and the altitude range.

  Volume 1, Aa to Dracula. 208 pages 372 illustrations; 203 drawings and 169 color photos.    
$85.00 #B48

Volume 2, Dresslerella through Lepanthes. 212 pages  485 illustrations; 201 drawings and 284 color photos. 
$85.00 #B49

Volume 3, Lepanthopsis to Lycomormium. 232 pages. 62 pages of illustrations. Many of the fotos of Masdevallia and Maxillaria have not been seen previously.
  $85.00 #B52

 



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BROMELIADS ©2000 Francisco Oliva-Esteve This magnificent volume is a treatment of hundreds of species representing 47 genera, with over 950 beautiful color photos, including some of the most dramatic habitat photos ever. A gorgeous book by any standard, it is a massive 13½ x 10 inches and nearly an inch and a half thick, weighing in at seven and a half pounds!  The dust cover photo is an eye-popper! 
$150.00 #B45  

Bromeliaceae III ©2002 Francisco Oliva-Esteve A total of 320 bromeliad species from throughout the Neotropics, representing 29 genera, are described and pictured. Spectacular habitat photographs set the scene for the plants. 9¾” x 13”. Hard cover. 274 pp. 564 color photos and 18 color and b/w line drawings.
 $95.00 #B47 


ELECTRONIC MEDIA

TILLANDSIA - The Airplant Mystic CD Rom, photography by Hiroyuki Takizawa, author of the ‘New Tillandsia Handbook’, directed by Rikki Ninomiya. An entertaining and useful CD with nearly 100 new photos of Tillandsias, included in the gallery section. Take a guided tour of Ecuador and Mexico to see beautiful Tillandsias in their natural habitat, all set to pleasant music. 
$24.00 #CD1

ORCHID VIDEOS (In VHS)

Video one: GROW ORCHIDS, basics of care and propagation. Two volumes, 4 hours, 
$45.00 #V1
Video two: ORCHIDS, repotting and mounting. One volume, 2 hours, $24.00 #V2

 

Book and electronic media prices include postage by surface book rate mail within the United States and its territories unless otherwise noted.

What’s In, What’s Out:

Out of stock from Cargo Report Vol. 12 #3: Mokara top cuts, V. sanderiana, Dischidia platyphylla, rafflesiana, sp. Crested, and parasitica. Everything else is available, but may be limited.

 

 

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