Celebrating 100 years of research and exploration in Panama, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute has published a second, updated edition of A Magic Web, a coffee table book about the processes that shape tropical forests, using Barro Colorado Island as an example. Author Egbert Leigh has updated the text while Christian exchanged some 50 images. The book will soon be available at the STRI book store and on amazon.

University of Chicago Press published Christians book "Deceptive Beauties- the world of wild orchids ". The coffee table book with an introduction from Michael Pollan, and a foreword by Natalie Angier shows natural orchid species from 5 continents and gives a broad overview of orchids natural history, ecology, and evolution, including their fascinating pollination biology.