"The Orchid Grower's Companion is a volume for all orchid lovers that offers practical advice to ensure no more flowerless stalks, no more browned and brittle leaves, and no more dead and dying plants. Indeed, the Orchid Grower's Companion offers rare insights and comprehensive advice on how to keep your orchids vibrantly and beautifully healthy. They are complex plants that rely on delicate climatic requirements to grow well, so the secret to successful cultivation in the home is to understand how they grow in the wild."
"As detailed as it is diverse, the Orchid Grower's Companion explains precisely what your chosen species, hybrid, or variant needs in order to flourish at your fingertips. With techniques and tips from professional orchid growers and experts, each natural habitat can be reproduced in your home to accommodate your favorite bloom. Fascinating and descriptive chapters take you through the history of orchid discovery, their geographical distribution and natural habitat, the diversity of color, shape, and size, and all aspects of cultivation. An illustrated directory of species outlines the main characteristics of some 400 orchids, enabling you to make informed decisions about which ones you wish to grow."--Jacket.
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