Complete Guide to Orchids
Product Description
• A complete, up-to-date resource on the best and most easily grown orchid species, hybrids, and cultivars readily available in North America.
• Inspires gardeners to have confidence to grow these elegant plants successfully.
• Step-by-step instructions show how to select, pot, stake, and care for orchids.
• Expert advice to ensure healthy orchids by controlling light, temperature, humidity, pests, and diseases.
• Invaluable resource for both novice and experienced orchid lovers.
Complete Guide to Orchids
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Complete Guide to Orchids
5 comments
I purchased numerous other “beginner” orchid books and this is by far the best one. Basic information and plenty of pictures to illustrate various situations. This has become the book I refer to first when I have a question, need advice or are interested in purchasing another orchid.
This item has : 5 / 5 stars.
I have been an orchid addict for as long as I can remember. I started raising native orchids in the early 80′s in my country of birth, the Philippines, using the trial-and-error method. My backyard venture was successful but it could have been so much better if a guide book, such as Ortho’s Complete Guide to Orchids, had been easily available then. (There would have been less plant casualties.)
This is a must-have guide book for orchid lovers, from novice to intermediate levels, who WILL benefit from its general information on orchid selection, cultural requirement, diseases, etc. I have given copies of this book to some of my family and my friends who have contracted my “addiction” to orchids.
This item has : 5 / 5 stars.
This book is great for beginners and those who don’t have a green thumb. Growing orchids takes some patience, but with armed with knowledge beforehand, you too can grow these enchanting flowers!
This item has : 5 / 5 stars.
I am a newbie to the art of caring for orchids and really thought this was a very informative book that helped alleviate my fears. In the back is like a mini orchid encyclopedia with different types and amazing color photos.
This item has : 5 / 5 stars.
I’m not at all into the history of the man-made orchid hybrids and cultivars, for which the authors this book have a strong affinity. Expect frequent plugs for the AOS (American Orchid Society). This book has the same “pretty picture and overly general advice” formula that you can get in every other book for beginning orchid owners (or better yet, for free, on the web). I prefer Cullina’s book in general, and something like Botanica’s orchids as a reference for more species-specific care guidelines. In the end, I think its pretty unreasonable to make sweeping care recommendations about orchid genera, which often have 1,000+ species from a wide variety of habitats. But, I suppose this book is just as good as any other beginner guide- though others may be cheaper, and the web is cheaper (and better) still.
This item has : 2 / 5 stars.