"The first thorough treatment of the native orchids of the prairie and Great Plains region ... brings together information which is scattered in a variety of sources, many of which are hard to obtain or inaccessible to the general public ... an invaluable tool for the serious enthusiast and an important resource for the more casual hobbyist." -- Douglas F. Martin
Paul Martin Brown is a research associate at the University of Florida Herbarium, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville. He is the author of several books about native orchids, including Wild Orchids of Florida (UPF), The Wild Orchids of North America, North of Mexico (UPF), and Wild Orchids of the Southeastern United States, North of Peninsular Florida (UPF), and the founder and editor of the North American Native Orchid Journal. Stan Folsom is a watercolorist and botanical illustrator whose work appears in Wild Orchids of Florida, The Wild Orchids of North America, North of Mexico, and Wild Orchids of the Southeastern United States, North of Peninsular Florida.