Introducing OrchidsOrchids look so extraordinary and exotic with their intense coloring and spectacular flowers that most people assume they are difficult to grow. But nothing could be farther from the truth. They are, in fact, straightforward in their needs and, in the right conditions, extremely robust, flowering year after year for many weeks at a time - sometimes outliving their owner! Introducing Orchids is prefect for plant lovers who are fascinated by orchids but haven't dared to grow them. |
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A WORLD OF ORCHIDS | 7 |
ORCHID EXTRAVAGANZA | 19 |
Easy 86 Fairly easy | 102 |
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1/2 INCHES 4CM 14 INCHES 35CM 16 INCHES 40CM 20 INCHES 50CM 32 INCHES 9CM 40 INCHES 1M 9 INCHES 23CM aerial roots blooms will last Brassia bred breeding bulbophyllums canes cattleyas clone Cochlioda coelogynes coloring compact conservatory or greenhouse cool conditions cultivation cymbidiums delightful Dendrobium easy to grow encyclias epiphytes extremely FEET 60CM FEET 75CM FLOWER SPIKE foliage FOOT 30CM fragrant genera genus grown growth houseplant humidity hybrid produces hybrid raised INCHES 10CM INCHES 8CM indoors intermediate temperatures laelias large pseudobulbs leaf leaves light lithophytes MASDEVALLIA Miltonia miltoniopsis modern hybrids moist Odontoglossum ONCIDIUM orchids require overwater PAPHIOPEDILUM petals and sepals phalaenopsis phragmipediums PLANT HEIGHT plant produces PLANT SPREAD pollinating POT SIZE potting mix primary hybrid pseudobulbs raised in Britain robust season sepals shade six weeks slipper orchids species spikes appear STANHOPEA summer sympodial sympodial orchids three weeks TRACEY'S HILL tropical vandas varieties Vuylstekeara windowsill winter ZYGOPETALUM