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THE GARDENER'S GUIDE TO GROWING ORCHIDS
Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide
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120 |
Year: |
2004 |
Language: |
English |
Size (cm): |
15.5 x 22.9 |
Size (inches): |
6 x 9 |
ISBN: |
1889538612 |
Binding: |
softbound |
List price: |
USD 9.95
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USD 3.95  |
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The world-famous Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a renowned collection of international experts, and celebrated orchid photographer Charles Marsden Fitch, combine their talents to give gardeners all the information they need to cultivate the exotic orchid. This unmatched and beautiful handbook covers all the basics in painstaking detail, from propagation and potting to watering and fertilizing to setting temperatures and light. There's advice on overcoming common beginner's pitfalls, creating an orchid collection, growing under lights, and control of common pests. |
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Table of contents:
Cultivating Orchids 4
Buying Orchids 7
Growing Requirements 10
Growing Media and Potting 27
Growing Orchids Under Lights 40
Orchid Diseases and Pests 52
Propagating Your Orchids
Vegetative Propagation 60
Raising Orchids From Seed 68
Micropropagation of Orchids 76
Hybridizing Orchids 82
Growing an Orchid Collection 92
Showing Orchids 102
For More Information 109
Suppliers 111
Contributors 113
Index 115
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