Swiss Cheese Plant
The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a distinguishable integration of words and pictures. Now reissued with a CD and wall chart! This primary and stimulating look at the arousing and attention holding world of plants features stunning real-life photographs of flowers, fruits, seeds, leaves, and offers a distinctive eyewitness view of plant anatomy and growth.
Review...a mini museum amongst the covers of a book. [Eyewitness series] -- The New York Times
These books' striking visual affect will draw in even the most casual readers. [Eyewitness series] --School Library JournalFrom the Inside FlapFull-color photos. "The most impressive feature of this book is the quality of the conservatively composed images, such as the time-lapse aging of a blossom. Each superb disseminate holds a finish topic, including how a plant is pollinated, how seeds are spread, and surviving above the snow line. Readers of some ages may be grateful for this."--(starred) Science Books & Films.
Most helpful client reviews 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
 Good Book
By CCGal
Like all Eyewhitness books, this one is full of data and great photos. We have a huge collection of these books and look forward to enjoying them for years to come. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Beautiful and Engaging
By Amy Knepper
I just finished reading this book with my 7-yr old son and 5-yr old daughter, reading a few pages each night for the last week. This is one of the best of the Eyewitness Books we've read, and that's saying a lot.
Not only are the pictures gorgeous and interesting, but the text is well-written and easy for the little ones to understand. It likewise covers topics not always covered in general Plant books, such as the history of plant gathering and how botanists study plants.
Some of our bestloved sections include:
How a Plant is Pollinated
Self-Defense
Meat Eaters
Plant Passengers
Living Without Water
The Plant Collectors
I haven't come all over a DK book that didn't spark my interest, but this one gets specially high marks from me. I highly commend it, specially as a home learning resource or for any person wanting to learn more regarding plants in an easy-to-understand format. Five stars. 3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Great basi principles for adults and children.
By J. Peterson
Good introduction to plants for all those of reading age. Also a good review for those who studied botany too long ago! See all 5 client reviews... |
Monstera deliciosa is a creeping vine native to tropical rainforests of southern Mexico south to Colombia.[249] Common names include Ceriman, Swiss Cheese Plant (or just Cheese Plant), Fruit Salad Plant, Monster fruit, Monsterio Delicio, Monstereo, Mexican Breadfruit, Monstera, split-leaf philodendron, Locust and Wild Honey, Windowleaf, Delicious Monster, Balazo and Penglai Banana[291]. This fellow member of the Arum family is an epiphyte with aerial roots, competent to grow up to 20 m (65 feet) high with large, leathery, glossy, heart-shaped leaves 25–90 cm (9 to 35 inches) long by 25–75 cm broad. Young plants have leaves that are littler and entire with no lobes or holes, but soon develop lobed and holed leaves.[307] Wild seedlings grow towards the darkest area they may find until they find a tree trunk, then commence to grow up towards the light, creeping up the tree.[317] |
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