Product Description

Proven advice on many easy-to-grow orchids.

Long considered expensive and difficult to grow, modern orchid varieties are far from fragile and come in a vast array of colors and sizes to suit any gardener and home environment.

Easy Orchids explains how to grow orchids at home, from choosing a healthy plant to transporting and caring for it.

An extensive A-Z orchid directory includes cool, warm and intermediate varieties and hybrids, each with detailed care instructions. The directory also features: - Strength of fragrance - Ease of growth - Ideal growing temperatures and locations - Size of bloom - Watering and humidity levels - Feeding, potting and summer care.

Advances in home climate technology have spurred the dramatic rise in popularity of orchid houseplants. Wide availability and affordability have made them more accessible.

Beautifully illustrated and up-to-date, Easy Orchids also includes a checklist for gardeners buying orchids online. Other buying tips include what to look for in healthy roots and leaves and the wrapping of the orchid for shipping or travel.

With the valuable tips and advice in Easy Orchids, gardeners of all levels will discover how fail-safe it can be to grow orchids.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19091 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Review
Beautifully illustrated and up-to-date... gardeners of all levels will discover how fail-safe it can be to grow orchids. -- Michigan Gardener 11/2005

Succeeds admirably in it aim to 'provide a practical concise, easy-to-use guide'... artful photos of vibrant orchids. -- Publishers Weekly /

Well-illustrated advice on picking appropriate orchids, caring for them, and displaying them attractively. -- HortIdeas 02/2005

Review
Proven, simple, yet expert advice on growing a wide range of orchids in the home. (Ken Smith London Free Press 200502)

Well-illustrated advice on picking appropriate orchids, caring for them, and displaying them attractively. (HortIdeas 20050924)

Succeeds admirably in its aim to 'provide a practical concise, easy-to-use guide'... artful photos of vibrant orchids. (Publishers Weekly 20050722)

Especially useful for the home grower... 85 orchids most suitable for the home -- with detailed information on daily care. (John Van de Water Newark Star-Ledger 200509)

A calm and simple approach to growing one of the most popular, yet confounding, houseplants... easy to read and follow. (Marty Wingate Seattle Post-Intelligencer 200509)

[Recommended as a book for novices] A clear guide to all the main types and the most reliable cultivars. (Vancouver Sun 200412)

How to choose the right orchids for your home and then, in easy terms, explains how to care for them. (John Bagnasco Garden Compass 200511)

Both common and unusual cultivars... concise, pertinent, practical information in an easy to find format. (Adele Kleine Current Books on Gardening and Botany [Chicago Bot 200511)

Advises novices choosing the right orchid for their home... features horticultural tips; the pretty photos are a nice plus. (Phillip Oliver Library Journal )

Easy-to-use book is filled with important facts and expert techniques... a fabulous book that covers everything in a no-no-nonsense manner. (Biology Digest )

Beautifully illustrated and up-to-date... gardeners of all levels will discover how fail-safe it can be to grow orchids. (Michigan Gardener )

About the Author
Liz Johnson is a member of the Royal Horticultural Society, an orchid judge and the owner of a company that has been growing orchids since 1879.

Customer Reviews

my mother loved this book
My mother really likes orchids and grows them. I wanted to get her an orchid book that had great photos, good recommendations and ideas, had different thing that she could look at. She loved it and raved about it!! There are a lot of orchid books but I guess I found a good one for her :)

Easy Orchids
This is a wonderful book for the neophyte orchid lover. It answered the questions I had about different types,showed the pictures and answered the how and what to do when the blooms die, when to feed and how to transplant.

A good book for orchid growing
It is a good book for people who are beginners in orchid grow. I use this book as a handbook.