Growing Orchids at Home. The beginners guide to Orchid care. - Softcover

Dr Manos Kanellos; Peter White

 
9781916462106: Growing Orchids at Home. The beginners guide to Orchid care.

Synopsis

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, purposetaken 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 in the home environment.

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About the Author

Manos Kanellos, Ph.D. studied plant physiology at Reading University and has worked with orchids for a number of years in Greece and The Netherlands. He has grown orchids at his home for over twenty years. He is a consultant for commercial companies on developing orchid products and gives talks to garden centres all over Britain on growing tropical orchids at home. He is also the author of A Comedian’s Guide to Greece, an informative, educational and funny guide to his country of origin. Peter White started growing orchids in 1980. He has received many awards including RHS Gold medals for his orchid displays at RHS shows and he is a qualifi ed judge of the RHS Orchid Committee. He is currently involved in the breeding of miniature Cymbidium and miniature Phalaenopsis. Peter White is a popular speaker on orchid growing and he is currently the President of the Orchid Society of Great Britain.

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