The history of written records of native orchids in Taiwan began in 1857 with a British botanist. After more than 160 years of study by European, Japanese, and Taiwanese scholars and enthusiasts, the list of native orchids increased to more than 470 species, including natural hybrids and varieties. The author exerted extensive e orts to include all known species in this work and arranged them based on the order of subfamilies. Scientific names, synonyms, and relevant references are provided for each species. Many of the species are provided with additional explanations in the “note” section. The uniqueness of this book is the line drawing illustrations which emphasize the structure of the column. In total, 500 figures are presented to accompany the species descriptions. These extensive line drawings were accumulated since 1971 and were mostly drawn by the author. More than that, this book also presents the gynostemium structure of more than 380 species, including the stigma, pollinium, rostellum, and column, in high-resolution color plates.

臺灣蘭科植物誌

臺灣野生蘭的最早文獻始於1857年英國植物學家的記錄。歷經歐洲學者、日本學者與臺灣學者160年來的努力，臺灣野生蘭的數目至少累積了470種，包含變種與天然雑交種。本書搜羅了這些野生蘭種類，以亞科演化順序排列；亞科內屬的排列則根據屬名的ABC順序。毎一物種則臚列其學名、異名與相關文獻。許多種類都有附註說明。本書的獨特性在於提供品質優良的線描圖，特別強調蕊柱的形態構造。本書共有500張線描圖，伴隨著對種的描述。其中50%的圖是1970年代的作品，現在則附上新的批註。此外尚提供了超過380種蕊柱構造（包含柱頭、花粉塊、喙等等）的顯微彩色照片。