Understanding Orchids: An Uncomplicated Guide to Growing the World's Most Exotic Plants
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Frances Tenebaum Book, New York, 2004
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New York: Houghton Mifflin a Frances Tenebaum Book, (2004). First Edition, Second Printing. 11 x 9". 260pp, Index. Hardcover. Fine condition in fine dj. Reader-friendly text, for beginners, experienced growers, and experts, illustrated with over 200 color photographs. ISBN 0618263268; 11 x 9 inches; 260 pages.
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- Title
- Understanding Orchids: An Uncomplicated Guide to Growing the World's Most Exotic Plants
- Author
- Cullina, William
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Frances Tenebaum Book, New York
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0618263268
- ISBN 13
- 9780618263264
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing.
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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About the Author
WILLIAM CULLINA, for many years the propagator at the New England Wild Flower Society, is the author of four major Houghton Mifflin gardening books. He is an ardent plant curator at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, where he is developing a world-class botanical garden.
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