Book Description
Featuring more than 200 color photographs, "Understanding Orchids" provides readers with easy-to-follow instructions for the orchids they would like to grow.
Author : William Cullina
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 29,66 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780618263264
Featuring more than 200 color photographs, "Understanding Orchids" provides readers with easy-to-follow instructions for the orchids they would like to grow.
Author : Ortho Books
Publisher : Meredith Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 2005-01-18
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780897215060
Slecting, growing and displaying Orchids. Endorsed by the American Orchid Society.
Author : Mark W. Chase
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 32,81 MB
Release : 2017-03-13
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 022622452X
One of every seven flowering plants on earth is an orchid. Some are stunningly over the top; others almost inconspicuous. The Orchidaceae is the second most widely geographically distributed family, after the grasses, yet remains one of the least understood. This book will profile 600 species, representing the remarkable and unexpected diversity and complexity in the taxonomy and phylogeny of these beguiling plants, and the extraordinary means they have evolved in order to ensure the attraction of pollinators. Each species entry includes life-size photographs to capture botanical detail, as well as information on distribution, peak flowering period, and unique attributes--both natural and cultural. The result is a work which will attract and allure, much as the orchids themselves do.
Author : W. Thomas Boyce MD
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 28,86 MB
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 1101946571
"Based on groundbreaking research that has the power to change the lives of countless children--and the adults who love them." --Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts. A book that offers hope and a pathway to success for parents, teachers, psychologists, and child development experts coping with difficult children. In Tom Boyce's extraordinary new book, he explores the "dandelion" child (hardy, resilient, healthy), able to survive and flourish under most circumstances, and the "orchid" child (sensitive, susceptible, fragile), who, given the right support, can thrive as much as, if not more than, other children. Boyce writes of his pathfinding research as a developmental pediatrician working with troubled children in child-development research for almost four decades, and explores his major discovery that reveals how genetic make-up and environment shape behavior. He writes that certain variant genes can increase a person's susceptibility to depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and antisocial, sociopathic, or violent behaviors. But rather than seeing this "risk" gene as a liability, Boyce, through his daring research, has recast the way we think of human frailty, and has shown that while these "bad" genes can create problems, they can also, in the right setting and the right environment, result in producing children who not only do better than before but far exceed their peers. Orchid children, Boyce makes clear, are not failed dandelions; they are a different category of child, with special sensitivities and strengths, and need to be nurtured and taught in special ways. And in The Orchid and the Dandelion, Boyce shows us how to understand these children for their unique sensibilities, their considerable challenges, their remarkable gifts.
Author : David P. Banks
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780881927115
Growing orchids is a pursuit more than two millennia old. This guide explains, in accessible detail, the natural habitat of some 400 orchid species, hybrids, and variants, providing the information leading directly into practical propagation and cultivation guidance. Illustrated throughout.
Author : Louise Harvey
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,46 MB
Release : 2015-01-19
Category : Orchid culture
ISBN : 9781514223482
"This book is designed to help complete beginners on how to grow, care for and ultimately understand the orchid." --Amazon.com
Author : Judy White
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,72 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780395677261
Describes how to plan and maintain an indoor orchid garden, including selecting the right varieties, choosing the proper materials and tools, and protecting the flowers against diseases and insects.
Author : Michael Tibbs
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 40,25 MB
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 162008306X
Everything you always wanted to know about growing and caring for orchids, with practical advice on care and cultivation, plus a comprehensive plant directory of 40 popular varieties.
Author : Philip Seaton
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 24,68 MB
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0711242801
A combination of botanical beauty and practical advice in Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing Orchids will inspire beginners and experienced growers to love and grow 60 beautiful orchids and 12 inspirational projects. From growing from seed to harvesting vanilla pods, the projects will bring the wonderful world of orchids to life and produce confident, keen growers wanting to expand their experience of these exotic flora.
Author : Mary Gerritsen
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 22,13 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Orchids
ISBN : 9781908787248