Orchids

A Practical Guide to Care and Cultivation

by Mike Tibbs

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Price: $29.95

Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Ball Publishing ©2007
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1883052591
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 x .8 inches
Weight: 2.13 pounds

Orchids are quickly becoming one of the hottest plants used for interior decorating. Orchids provides the beginner orchid grower or enthusiast with common sense advice on getting started with orchids in a variety of settings and techniques for repotting, dividing and growing from seed and pest and disease information. The second part of the book covers the major orchid families and their characteristics, with advice on choosing the plant that is right for your climate conditions. Color photographs throughout.

About the Author

Mike Tibbs is a distinguished orchid grower and breeder. He has authored two important books on orchids; Orchids and Orchids: An Illustrated Identifier and Guide to Cultivation, and is co-author of Growing Classic Orchids and A Very Victorian Passion: the Orchid Scrapbooks of John Day. He lectures widely and judges orchid shows in South Africa, Japan, the UK and the USA. He is president of the South African Orchid Council and president of the Cape Orchid Society.