Author: Ortho BooksPublisher: Meredith Books
ISBN: 9780897215060
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Slecting, growing and displaying Orchids. Endorsed by the American Orchid Society.
Orchids for Every Home
Author: Wilma RittershausenPublisher: Reader's Digest Association
ISBN:
Category : Orchid culture
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
For orchid lovers of every ability, this guide features everything one needs to know about selecting and caring for over 120 varieties of orchids. 250+ photos & illustrations.
How to Grow Orchids
Author: Fran BarnwellPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781479143719
Category : Orchid culture
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
If you would love to have this spectacular plant in your home, but thought that they were too difficult to grow, then this book will provide you with all the help you need to get started. You will discover which orchids are the easiest for a beginner to grow, and then learn the steps you need to take to keep your orchid alive, healthy and blooming. Chapters include: Where to Start: Discover the Orchid Family What an Orchid Needs: Light, Heat and Humidity More Orchid Needs: Water, Fertiliser and Rest Moving On: Re-Potting Materials Want More Plants? Propagation What Can Go Wrong? Pests and Diseases This book provides anyone new to growing orchids with the essential information to get them started with confidence. Fran Barnwell's philosophy is to provide simple and straightforward advice for anyone starting out with gardening, whether that is indoors or outdoors, with a good-sized garden or just a window ledge. How to Grow Orchids is the second book in The New to Gardening Series.
Easy Orchids
Author: Mimi LuebbermannPublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811835534
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Add a dazzling touch of the exotic to your life from neon bright Dendrobium nobiles to arching sprays of Phalaenopsis. Enjoy the perfumed fragrance of the sturdy Lady of the Night. Try harvesting your own vanilla. This engaging volume provides all the inspiration you need to transform a windowsill, patio, glassed-in porch, or small garden plot into orchid territory. Grow Lady's Slipper orchids and Jewel orchids as low-light house plants, cover a bright windowsill with Laeliocattleyas, or fill up your back terrace with cymbidiums. Regardless of where you live you can grow orchids, easily, inside or out. Complete with concise, easy-to-follow instructions, and beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs, Easy Orchids makes growing these prima donnas of the planet world rewarding and enjoyable for beginner and expert gardeners alike. -- back cover.
Understanding Orchids
Author: William CullinaPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618263264
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Featuring more than 200 color photographs, "Understanding Orchids" provides readers with easy-to-follow instructions for the orchids they would like to grow.
Growing Orchids at Home
Author: Manos KanellosPublisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
ISBN: 9781842467183
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
An authoritative and detailed guide to caring for orchids in the home - the result of experience, continuous experimentation and extensive research by expert authors. All common types of orchids are covered. This book communicates all the necessary information in a way which is easy to understand, with over 100 unique, purpose-taken pictures. It includes a section with answers to the most common questions, and a photographic guide to signs, diagnosis and treatment for bringing ailing orchids back to health. The only book you need when growing orchids at home.
Orchid Growing Basics
Author: Gustav SchoserPublisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806903620
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Enjoy the beauty and mystique of tropical orchids in your own home with this introductory guide to growing orchids. Even if you've never grown anything before, you can have success with these gorgeous plants by following these tips on: watering, repotting, propagation methods, fertilization, and protection against common parasites and diseases.
Author: Stephen R. BatchelorOrchid Growing for Beginners
Author: Nancy RossPublisher: Vdv Publishing
ISBN: 1537881841
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
WANT TO LEARN THE INS AND OUTS OF ORCHID GROWING FOR BEGINNERS? Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Why Should I Grow Orchids? What My Orchid Needs Important Growing Requirements for Your Orchids Re-potting Your Orchids Propagation to Help Grow More Orchids Much, Much, More!
Growing Orchids from Seed
Author: Philip SeatonPublisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
ISBN: 9781842460917
Category : Orchid culture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Eighty-eight lavishly illustrated pages of coloured drawings and photographs explain everything from selecting the right kit, through to planting your own seed-raised plants in the greenhouse, teaching you step-by-step how to grow orchids confidently, successfully and professionally. Written for the amateur and the professional without access to sophisticated laboratory equipment and chemicals, Growing Orchids from Seed contains all you need to know to become an expert.
