Orchids for Dummies

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 288 pages
• Published by: For Dummies February 21, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764567594
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764567599
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 13.4 ounces

Book Description
Packed with photos, including 8 pages in full color

Color your world with orchids

Orchids are gorgeous, fragrant, wonderfully varied, and surprisingly affordable. But aren't they hard to grow at home? No! says orchid grower extraordinaire Steve Frowine. In this handy guide, he shows you step by step how to select the right orchids, keep them healthy, encourage blooms, and even propagate your own plants.

Discover how to:

• Select orchids that will thrive in your home
• Water, fertilize, repot, and propagate orchids
• Decipher complicated orchid names
• Get familiar with favorite orchid varieties
• Create spectacular orchid displays

Download Description
The fun and easy way to grow orchids As anyone who has read Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief or has seen the movie Adaptation knows, orchids inspire a passionate following. And their popularity is rising: according to the USDA, more than 12.7 million orchids were sold in the U.S. last year. Brimming with black-and-white illustrations and eight pages of color photos, this friendly guide introduces would-be orchid fanciers to today's most popular and intriguing orchid varieties; and shows step by step how to select healthy plants at a nursery or commercial grower, cultivate them successfully at home, promote blooms, create gorgeous orchid displays, and even produce hybrids. Steven Frowine (New Hartford, CT) worked with orchids professionally as a horticulturist at Hawaii's National Tropical Botanical Garden and at the Missouri Botanical Garden, where he was chairman of indoor horticulture and oversaw over 10,000 plants.

Reader Reviews
The title says it all. It is a good starter and you'll learn how to take care of your orchids. The chapter about resources is truly excellent. However, this book won't take you much further from the basics, in my opinion. The colour plates are beautiful, but they are just a handful (8 pages). Black and white pictures don't make much sense here, after all this book is about orchids, right? In the same price range I strongly recommend "Growing orchids" by Rittershausen, which contains almost the same information of more expensive books, and shows hundreds of colour pictures of very good quality. If you are willing to spend a little more, buy either "Understanding orchids" or "Orchid's grower companion". Here you are paying for the "for Dummies" trademark. This book would be a good buy at half of the price. As of now, all the 5 stars reviews have been written by people with ONE review in their accounts. Ask yourself "how come?" Comments (2) | | (Report this)