Thesaurus Masdevalliarum: Eine Monographie der Gattung Masdevallia = A Monograph of the Genus Masdevallia  (22 parts in 2 large solander boxes)

Carlyle A. Luer, Anne Marie Trechslin

Verlag Helga Koniger, Munchen; 1983-1998.

[Orchidology] Folio, 42 cm. 22 fascicules, in publisher’s wraps.  Held in two large folding quarter morocco clamshell boxes.  315 color plates.  (Fascicule 20a contains only text).  German/English parallel text.  Includes a description of over 300 Masdevallia species. Each volume, 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches, contains descriptions of 15 Masdevallia species. Each species is illustrated by a full page (occasionally double-page) color painting of the plant and bloom, followed by a technical description of the plant, a discussion of when and where it was found and the general conditions under which it grows, and a map of its present distribution. Orchids of Central and South America. 

This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.