From the striking abundance of stunning flowering trees, to the elegant beauty of individual orchids, Flowers of the Caribbean is a clear, concise guide to the wide variety of flowers waiting to be discovered in the region. Anyone visiting the Caribbean for the first time cannot fail to be impressed by the richness and luxuriance of the vegetation. Many of the plants encountered produce colourful flowers and most visitors soon become keen to develop a better acquaintance with some of the more common plants and their exotic blossoms. Flowers of the Caribbean has been designed as an indispensable pocket guide for individuals with little or no botanical training as an introduction to the identification of the common flowering plants of the Caribbean.