内容提要
兜兰属植物曾经令数代园艺家着迷。但直到20世纪80年代，原产中国的一些兜兰种类，如杏黄兜兰（P. armeniacum）、硬叶兜兰（P. micranthum）和麻栗坡兜兰（P. malipoense）等才开始崭露头角，继而风靡西方。它们曾多次获得在兰花界所能得到的最高奖赏，因此在那以后，中国的兜兰类植物，吸引了全世界的目光。
中国有丰富的兜兰资源，拥有27个原产种和许多天然杂交种以及一些种下分类群，占属中已知的总种数79种的1/3以上。本书主要是兜兰国产种类的分类学论著，大多数研究是基于活植物。我们大约在5年前开始编写此书，并进行国产种类的野外观察。本书所涉及的大多数国产种类都曾在野外考察过，并为之提供了植物自身及其生境的彩色照片。至于非国产种类，除了进行分类整理外，对每个种至少提供一张彩照和一个简短的描述。为了满足外国读者的需要，所有分类学的描述和讨论都用中、英文书写。此外，对兜兰属的历史、形态、繁育、生态、地理分布、保育、杂交、栽培方法、繁殖技术以及病虫害等也做了简要介绍。
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Paphiopedilums have fascinated several generations of horticulturists. Until 1980s, however, some paphiopedilums of Chinese origin, such as P. armeniacum, P. micranthum and P. malipoense, began to show their beauty and then became highly popular in the West. They had many times received the highest awards obtainable in the orchid world, and as a result the Chinese paphiopedilums have attracted worldwide attention since.
China is rich in Paphiopedilum resources, represented by 27 native species and many natural hybrids, as well as some infraspecific taxa, accounting for over one third of the total 79 species recognized in the genus. The present book is mainly a taxonomic treatment of Chinese species based mostly on living material. We began writing this book and making field observation of the native species some five years ago. Most of the Chinese species treated here have been observed in the wild. They are all provided with color photographs of the plants and their habitats in this book. As to the non-Chinese species, we also provide, in addition to an enumeration of them, each species with at least one color photograph and a brief description. In order to meet the need of foreign readers, all the taxonomic descriptions and discussions are written in both Chinese and English. In addition, the generic history, morphology, reproduction, ecology, geographical distribution, conservation, hybridization, cultivation, propagation, diseases and pests are also briefly introduced.
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