The Gardener's Guide to Growing OrchidsA couple of English orchid specialists offer an introduction to growing orchids in the home and greenhouse. Covers general care, indoor cultivation, growing media and repotting, pests and diseases, propagation, exhibition, and an A-to-Z of popular, easier-care orchids emphasizing species but including a number of hybrids. Includes 76 fine quality color photographs and line drawings. |
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Page 73
... beautiful of the bulbo- phyllums , B. lobbii has round , egg - shaped pseudobulbs with a single leaf , 15cm ( 6in ) long . The medium - sized flowers are borne singly on long stems . Each bloom is a large star - shape of yellow - brown ...
... beautiful of the bulbo- phyllums , B. lobbii has round , egg - shaped pseudobulbs with a single leaf , 15cm ( 6in ) long . The medium - sized flowers are borne singly on long stems . Each bloom is a large star - shape of yellow - brown ...
Page 80
... beautiful flowers of this species are produced in spring . They have a waxy texture and are large , rounded and very fragrant . The sepals are broader than the petals , both being creamy - white . The lip is small and yellow with a few ...
... beautiful flowers of this species are produced in spring . They have a waxy texture and are large , rounded and very fragrant . The sepals are broader than the petals , both being creamy - white . The lip is small and yellow with a few ...
Page 97
... beautiful species , known as the blue Dendrobium . Reaching 30cm ( 12in ) high , it may be grown upright in a pot or pendent on a piece of bark . The pseudobulbs are slender , swollen at the nodes , and branch consider- ably . They are ...
... beautiful species , known as the blue Dendrobium . Reaching 30cm ( 12in ) high , it may be grown upright in a pot or pendent on a piece of bark . The pseudobulbs are slender , swollen at the nodes , and branch consider- ably . They are ...
Contents
An Introduction to Orchids | 6 |
Where to Grow Orchids | 13 |
Cultivating and Propagating Orchids | 25 |
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The Gardener's Guide to Growing Orchids Wilma Rittershausen,Brian Rittershausen No preview available - 2001 |
The Gardener's Guide to Growing Orchids Wilma Rittershausen,Brian Rittershausen No preview available - 2004 |
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5cm 2in 8cm 3in attractive autumn back bulbs bark base bear beautiful best grown blooms blotched Brassia breeding bright brown buds carry cattleyas centre Cochlioda colour compost cool house cool-growing creeping rhizome cultivation culture cymbidiums decided rest deciduous dendrobiums duced epiphytic epiphytic genus flower spikes appear flowers are produced foliage fragrant genera genus grant flowers green pseudobulbs greenhouse growers growth habit hot house humidity hybrids intergeneric hybrids intermediate house Laelia large flowers lip is white lithophytic long-lasting Lycaste marked medium-sized flowers Mexico Miltonia Miltoniopsis miniature monopodial named varieties narrow Odontioda Odontoglossum Oncidium pale green Paphiopedilum pendent pests petals and sepals phalaenopsis Phragmipedium pink Pleione pollen propagate pseudobulbs pure white purple racemes repotting rhizome Rittershausen roots rosy-pink rounded sepals and petals shading showy small flowers spotted spray spring stem tall temperature tips tropical upright spikes usually Vanda ventilators white flowers winter yellow Zygopetalum