Beginners' Handbook |
Contents
The Enjoyment of Orchids | 1 |
General Principles of Orchid Culture | 11 |
Growing Orchids in the Home | 17 |
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Common terms and phrases
allied American Orchid Society apex areas base bearing BEGINNERS blooming season BOTANICAL REGISTER Brazil bright Broughtonia Burma Cattleya Cattleya guttata Cattleya loddigesii cell chromosomes CHRONICLE Cochlioda collection Colombia color column commonly cool crosses cultivation culture Cymbidium Cypripediums Dendrobium described by Lindley described by Reichenbach disk dorsal sepal Epidendrum epiphytic erect flasks flowers four inches GARDENERS genera genus green greenhouse grown growth hobbyist horticultural humidity inches long inflorescence Laelia lateral sepals leaf leaves light Loddiges margin Messrs middle lobe Miltonia natural hybrid nearly oblong Odontoglossum Oncidium one-half inches orchid growers orchid hybrids orchid plants ORCHIDACEA osmunda pale Paphiopedilum petals and sepals petals are similar Phalaenopsis Phalaenopsis amabilis Philippines pollination pollinia pseudobulbs purple racemes rhizome scapes seed seedlings sepals and petals shading side lobes species spotted spray stems summer temperature three inches three lobed three-lobed usually Vanda variable variety vary ventilation Wardian yellow