Product Description

This comprehensive guide book takes a step-by-step approach to proper potting mediums, light, water and fertilization of a wide variety of orchids. It is written for beginners, hobbyists and all orchidists as an adventure in the joy of growing orchids. Also included are over 150 full color photographs and illustrations of orchids in all their glory as well as a source guide.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1222003 in Books
• Published on: 1988-05-01
• Released on: 1988-05-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 104 pages

Review
"Growing Orchids is Fun" takes away the confusion and mystery of growing orchids. -- Tom MacCubbin, radio host of "Better Lawns & Gardens"

"Growing Orchids is Fun" takes away the confusion and mystery of growing orchids. --Tom MacCubbin - Host of Better Lawns & Gardens radio show

Endorsed by --The Ameroican Orchid Society

From the Publisher
This book is written for beginners, hobbyists and all orchid enthusiasts as an adventure in the joy of growing orchids. It is easy to ready and offers up to date information on potting, dividing, breeding, orchid identification and troubleshooting.

From the Author
When I was a boy, one day my father came home from a trip to the Florida Everglades. On the back seat and floor of his Model T Ford was an eight-point buck , a wild bearded turkey gobbler and from a fallen cypress tree, a strange plant with long sharp horns and hundreds of magnificent tiger spotted yellow-green flowers, a Cyrtopodium orchid. The sharp needle pointed horns stuck my finger and it must have infected my life with an incurable disease known as "Orchid Fever".

As I look into our orchid houses of over a million plants, I wonder what would have happened if many years ago my father had not brought the orchid back from the Florida cabbage swamps to make peace with my mother for filling her brand new three door icebox with wild game.

Customer Reviews

GOOD BOOK BUT PRETTY BASIC STUFF HERE
I gave this one four stars, but probably three and one half would be better. This small volume is okay per se, but leaves much to be desired. I found the book to be a good supplemental to others, and that was about it. I do fear that the new grower or want to be grower or collector my be mislead, in that times, the author makes the growing and keeping of orchids sound a little too simple. I have found that growing is certainly not as difficult as some would think (keeping in mind that I am a mere hobbyest), it ism how ever, in reality not all that simple either. I have picked up some good tips from this small volumes, but have found the several dozen other books I have collected on orchids to be quite more necessary that just this one volume. On the other hand, the price of this book (used) is certainly right, and it never hurts to peek at as many works as possible...there is always some useful information lurking here and there.