Starting Out With Orchids

Author : Wilma Rittershausen
Publisher : Readers Digest
ISBN 13 : 9781606522059
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orchids for Every Home written by Wilma Rittershausen and published by Readers Digest. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From selecting the right plant to providing proper growing conditions, Orchids for Every Home is your complete handbook to keeping your orchids healthy and blooming. Starting with the most popular orchids that require the least care and progressing to more high-maintenance flowers, this practical guide is organized to help you find the orchid that is just right for you and the conditions in your home. You'll learn about 104 different orchids, including Phalaenopsis, Miltoniopsis, Aygopetalum, Brassia, Dendrobium, and many more. All plant profiles include: A description of the plant and its flowers When and how often it blooms Where to site it Watering and other care instructions In addition, a troubleshooting section helps you identify problems--such as sunburn, viruses, mealybugs, and red spider mites--and shows you how to quickly and efficiently deal with them. Both beautiful and practical, Orchids for Every Home shows you just how easy it is to grow these exquisite flowers.

Author : Ortho Books
Publisher : Meredith Books
ISBN 13 : 9780897215060
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complete Guide to Orchids written by Ortho Books and published by Meredith Books. This book was released on 2005-01-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slecting, growing and displaying Orchids. Endorsed by the American Orchid Society.

Author : William Cullina
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618263264
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Orchids written by William Cullina and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring more than 200 color photographs, "Understanding Orchids" provides readers with easy-to-follow instructions for the orchids they would like to grow.

Author : Geoffrey Hands
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402734953
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beginner's Guide to Orchids written by Geoffrey Hands and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By demystifying the orchid, this comprehensive illustrated guide enables even novices to grow these beautiful and mysterious plants. Covers the ten most common, readily-available orchids and their needs, with tips for making first purchases. Describes the two basic patterns of growth in orchids: monopodials (single-growth plants), and sympodials (which produce side-by-side, seasonal growth). Covers how to judge flower quality, and how to properly situate your plants for optimal light, humidity, temperature, and other growing conditions. All vital topics of orchid care are fully covered, including watering, fertilizing, and feeding your plants; selecting the appropriate compost, repotting, methods of propagation, and disease and pest control. Information on shade, glass, greenhouses and hydroponics allows those who wish to take their orchid growing to the next level.--From publisher description.

Author : Fran Barnwell
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781479143719
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Grow Orchids written by Fran Barnwell and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Stephen R. Batchelor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your First Orchid written by Stephen R. Batchelor and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gustav Schoser
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780806903620
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orchid Growing Basics written by Gustav Schoser and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Mimi Luebbermann
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811835534
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Easy Orchids written by Mimi Luebbermann and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : judywhite
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604691336
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bloom-Again Orchids written by judywhite and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orchids have a reputation as the divas of the plant world: fussy, difficult-to-grow plants that—on top of all that—are prohibitively expensive. But there are plenty of orchids that anyone can grow. Orchids are no more difficult than familiar houseplants such as the African violet, and can be made to thrive and bloom in average indoor conditions. You just need to know what makes them happy. Bloom-Again Orchids highlights the easiest, most fuss free varieties and includes invaluable tips on where to buy orchids and how to keep them in bloom. Each of the fifty profiles focuses on a commonly available orchid variety and includes a description, photograph, chart of basic growing requirements, and a handy twelve-point checklist.

Author : Mark W. Chase
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022622452X
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Orchids written by Mark W. Chase and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of every seven flowering plants on earth is an orchid. Some are stunningly over the top; others almost inconspicuous. The Orchidaceae is the second most widely geographically distributed family, after the grasses, yet remains one of the least understood. This book will profile 600 species, representing the remarkable and unexpected diversity and complexity in the taxonomy and phylogeny of these beguiling plants, and the extraordinary means they have evolved in order to ensure the attraction of pollinators. Each species entry includes life-size photographs to capture botanical detail, as well as information on distribution, peak flowering period, and unique attributes--both natural and cultural. The result is a work which will attract and allure, much as the orchids themselves do.