Table of contents
- Foreword - By Dr John Rouke, President of the Botanical Society of South Africa
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. History of botanical exploration
- 3. Harry Bolus (1834 - 1911) - his life and botanical works
- 4. Morphology of orchids
- 5. Orchids and fire
- 6. Pollination and natural hybridization
- 7. Cultivation and artificial hybridization of the Cape orchids
- 8. Species accounts
- Glossary of botanical terms
- References
- Index of scientific names
- Appendix
- Illustrations by Fay Anderson
