Cattleyas and Other Epiphytes"Covers cultivation methods including potting material, fertilisers, propagation and the use of glass-house. Details of pests and diseases and how to eradicate them. Stories of some of the more prominent nurseries and the adventures of their field staff, particularly in South America in the late 1800's and early 1900's"--Back cover |
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Introduction | 1 |
Epiphytes The way they grow | 14 |
The Glasshouse | 30 |
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albino altitudes amount Aspasia bark beautiful bench bifoliate botanists Brassavola Brassavola digbyana Brassia Brassocattleya BRASSOLAELIOCATTLEYA Brazil Brazilian bulbs Cattleya dowiana Cattleya labiata centimetres cinnabarina climates clones Cochlioda collectors Colombia color consignments cool-growing cross-pollinations cultivation culture cymbidiums Dendrobium digbyana early Encyclia England Epidendrum epiphytes fertilisers flower spike genera genus glass-house grow and flower growers grown growth habitat Horticultural humidity hybridising inter-generic hybrids known labellum Laelia anceps Laelia purpurata Laelia tenebrosa LAELIOCATTLEYA leaf leaves Loddiges loddigesii metres Mexican Miltonia miltoniopsis mossiae named by Lindley natural hybrid nursery nutrients Odonto Odontoglossum crispum Oncidium varicosum orchid collections orchid growing original pests petals and sepals plants pollinations possible potting material potting mix produce Promenaea propagation pseudo-bulbs purpurata Reichenbach rhizome Rhyncolaelia root system Sanders season sepals similar sophronitis South America species specimens sphagnum moss stem temperatures tree-fern trees usually varieties Veitch vexillaria warscewiczii winter Zygopetalum