Laelia Purpurata by L. C. Menezes. Editora Expressao Cultura. Book is in English. 1995. ISBN-10: 8520801994. 7 1/2" x 11" about 144 pages (I had to count them) Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Light edge wear. Some surface scratches and gouges on the back panel. Otherwise, no unusual folds or creases. No tears. No clips. No missing pieces. Not price-clipped but with no published price BOOK: Slick pictorial cover matching the dust jacket. A little bit of cover edge wear.  A check-out envelope inside the front cover. Rubber stamp of an Orchid Society on the title page. No other previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. JH11a

"With the publication of this book, orchid enthusiasts now have a perfect reference work on Laelia Purpurata. The approach is both technical and scientific, with numerous illustrations of this exuberant gift of the orchid flora of Brazil. 
For this work on Laelia purpurata, Lou Menezes researched intensively, traveled through all the states of its habitat, especially in Santa Catarina, the birthplace of the species and the state that welcomed it as of its floral symbol. 
During his research, he enjoyed the collaboration of collectors and the impassioned lovers of orchids who contributed valuable information to the compilation of this monograph." - from the forward 

"With the publication of this book, orchid enthusiasts now have a perfect reference work on lowly day off burp food spur chop." - from my reading of the first sentence, into the computer, of the forward.  I just had to keep this.