Flowers

Irene Keesmat’s research and photos of taken during her travels to Belize create a true rainbow of colours. Gardeners and travellers to Belize will find this guide to Belize’s tropical flowers a useful tool in identifying the flora of Belize. Keesmat says, “Behind each flower, there is an interesting story,” and in this book she shares information on the origins of many of the flowers’ names and their uses for healing both body and spirit.

This definitive illustrated guide to the orchids of Belize was published by Cubola for the Belize Botanic Gardens. The garden was established in 1997 and its mission is “to protect the floral biodiversity of Belize and to serve as an information resource for the local and international community, government, industry and the scientific community.”