{"id":5656,"date":"2024-08-15T11:33:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T11:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5656"},"modified":"2025-07-17T08:23:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T08:23:54","slug":"orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"ORCHIDS OF THE PALNI HILLS, TAMIL NADU A Pictorial Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Authors: <em>Prasad Kothareddy, Ravi Kiran Arigela, Bruce DeJong<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The aim of the book is to provide a comprehensive guide to the orchids found in Palni Hills, Tamil Nadu, India, documenting their diversity, ecology, and intricate relationships with their environment. We begin with an introduction that touches on the evolutionary and genetic history of orchids and a geological description of the Palni Hills and their diverse ecosystems. A primer of the botanical features of orchids is presented, along with the keys for the identification of species in the field. Next, the authors presented a checklist and analysis of the 95 species from 40 genera found in the study areas. Finally, the authors have meticulously described each species in taxonomic context and provided detailed photographs to aid in identification and\u00a0appreciation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Authors: <em>Prasad Kothareddy, Ravi Kiran Arigela, Bruce DeJong<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The aim of the book is to provide a comprehensive guide to the orchids found in Palni Hills, Tamil Nadu, India, documenting their diversity, ecology, and intricate relationships with their environment. We begin with an introduction that touches on the evolutionary and genetic history of orchids and a geological description of the Palni Hills and their diverse ecosystems. A primer of the botanical features of orchids is presented, along with the keys for the identification of species in the field. Next, the authors presented a checklist and analysis of the 95 species from 40 genera found in the study areas. Finally, the authors have meticulously described each species in taxonomic context and provided detailed photographs to aid in identification and\u00a0appreciation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[32],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5656","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-book","7":"desktop-align-center","8":"tablet-align-center","9":"mobile-align-center","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ORCHIDS OF THE PALNI HILLS, TAMIL NADU A Pictorial Guide | APRF Publishers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ORCHIDS OF THE PALNI HILLS, TAMIL NADU A Pictorial Guide | APRF Publishers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Authors: Prasad Kothareddy, Ravi Kiran Arigela, Bruce DeJong  The aim of the book is to provide a comprehensive guide to the orchids found in Palni Hills, Tamil Nadu, India, documenting their diversity, ecology, and intricate relationships with their environment. We begin with an introduction that touches on the evolutionary and genetic history of orchids and a geological description of the Palni Hills and their diverse ecosystems. A primer of the botanical features of orchids is presented, along with the keys for the identification of species in the field. Next, the authors presented a checklist and analysis of the 95 species from 40 genera found in the study areas. Finally, the authors have meticulously described each species in taxonomic context and provided detailed photographs to aid in identification and\u00a0appreciation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"APRF Publishers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-17T08:23:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-15-at-10.02.56_8ef17d5a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2451\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/index.php\\\/product\\\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/index.php\\\/product\\\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\\\/\",\"name\":\"ORCHIDS OF THE PALNI HILLS, TAMIL NADU A Pictorial Guide | APRF Publishers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/index.php\\\/product\\\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/index.php\\\/product\\\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-15-at-10.02.56_8ef17d5a.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-15T11:33:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-17T08:23:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/index.php\\\/product\\\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/index.php\\\/product\\\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/index.php\\\/product\\\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-15-at-10.02.56_8ef17d5a.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-15-at-10.02.56_8ef17d5a.jpg\",\"width\":1770,\"height\":2451},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/index.php\\\/product\\\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shop\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/index.php\\\/shop\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"ORCHIDS OF THE PALNI HILLS, TAMIL NADU A Pictorial Guide\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/\",\"name\":\"APRF Publishers\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"APRF Publishers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/APRF-Publisher.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/APRF-Publisher.png\",\"width\":1121,\"height\":345,\"caption\":\"APRF Publishers\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aprfpublishers.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ORCHIDS OF THE PALNI HILLS, TAMIL NADU A Pictorial Guide | APRF Publishers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ORCHIDS OF THE PALNI HILLS, TAMIL NADU A Pictorial Guide | APRF Publishers","og_description":"Authors: Prasad Kothareddy, Ravi Kiran Arigela, Bruce DeJong  The aim of the book is to provide a comprehensive guide to the orchids found in Palni Hills, Tamil Nadu, India, documenting their diversity, ecology, and intricate relationships with their environment. We begin with an introduction that touches on the evolutionary and genetic history of orchids and a geological description of the Palni Hills and their diverse ecosystems. A primer of the botanical features of orchids is presented, along with the keys for the identification of species in the field. Next, the authors presented a checklist and analysis of the 95 species from 40 genera found in the study areas. Finally, the authors have meticulously described each species in taxonomic context and provided detailed photographs to aid in identification and\u00a0appreciation.","og_url":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/","og_site_name":"APRF Publishers","article_modified_time":"2025-07-17T08:23:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1770,"height":2451,"url":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-15-at-10.02.56_8ef17d5a.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/","url":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/","name":"ORCHIDS OF THE PALNI HILLS, TAMIL NADU A Pictorial Guide | APRF Publishers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-15-at-10.02.56_8ef17d5a.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-15T11:33:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-17T08:23:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-15-at-10.02.56_8ef17d5a.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-15-at-10.02.56_8ef17d5a.jpg","width":1770,"height":2451},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/product\/orchids-of-the-palni-hills-tamil-nadu-a-pictorial-guide\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shop","item":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"ORCHIDS OF THE PALNI HILLS, TAMIL NADU A Pictorial Guide"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/","name":"APRF Publishers","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/#organization","name":"APRF Publishers","url":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/APRF-Publisher.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/APRF-Publisher.png","width":1121,"height":345,"caption":"APRF Publishers"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5656"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5656"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aprfpublishers.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}