Understanding Orchids: An Uncomplicated Guide to Growing the World's Most Exotic Plants - Hardcover

Cullina, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618263268 ISBN 13: 9780618263264

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2004

Synopsis

Orchids are the largest family of plants in the world.With 30,000 known species, you could acquire a different orchid every day for eighty years and still not grow them all. Back in the realm of reality, readers of this beautiful book can quickly and easily find the orchids that are right for them -- which ones will thrive on a windowsill, which prefer artificial lights, and which need a greenhouse; which are for beginners, which for experts. And you can pinpoint the species within a particular genus that are the best ones to start with. Once you select your orchid, William Cullina's authoritative guide explains what to do to keep it alive and healthy. Featuring more than two hundred color photographs, Understanding Orchids covers everything you need to know to grow orchids successfully, whatever your level of interest or experience.With improved tissue-culture techniques making orchids more affordable, and the Internet making them readily available to consumers, growing orchids is more popular than ever: membership in the American Orchid Society has more than doubled in the last fifteen years.This is the book orchid fans have been waiting for.

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Review:

"Cullina . . . is extremely well versed in his subject and a skilled writer. His lively text, with its clear instructions, will make orchid growing as irresistible to readers as it is to Cullina." Publishers Weekly

Synopsis:

A practical handbook for novice and experienced horticulturalists alike provides everything a gardener needs to know about these popular and exotic plants, offering more than two hundred full-color photographs, detailed descriptions, and easy-to-follow care and cultivation instructions for dozens of orchid species.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0618263268
• ISBN 13: 9780618263264
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272