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Helps beginning orchid growers develop the skills necessary to progress to more difficult ones.
Plenty of information to inspire more advanced orchid growers.
Provides a basic understanding of optimum environment for growing orchids.
Helpful hints for creating that ideal environment.
Explains potting, staking, and dividing orchids.
Teaches about orchid growth patterns, and shows how to handle plants based on those patterns.
User Ratings and Reviews
2 Stars Information From Photos: poor
Summary: With the thousands of books about orchids, look a little further until you find a better book than this.
This book is designed for the person who doesn’t know much about orchids, but wants to learn. Photographs are included with the intention of conveying information – but the quality of the paper, or the printing process, results in almost adequate resolution. Meridth Publishing must think photographic quality isn’t important for this type of book, because it isn’t designed to be photography book, but with low quality images, one can’t distinguish that flowers shown are orchids, let alone be able to compare the images to gain a better understanding of the types of orchids – which is exactly part of the theoretical content of this book.
The person new to orchids will want to know how to pronounce the new vocabulary. Very limited information is provided in this area.
3 Stars General Info
I found this book a little too general..and actually did not answer my pending questions about the cattleyas…still some valued info of a general nature about other varieties warrants by keeping it.It is good for identifying species and family.
4 Stars A Good Beginners Book
If you are just starting out with orchids, this is a great, low cost, book for basic information and great for a quick reminder to the experienced grower when obtaining new orchids. I would not say this is the last book you will ever need if serious about growing orchids, but it a good place to start!
4 Stars A Great Beginners Book
Ifyou are looking for a comprehensive beginner’s guide to orchids at a reasonable price this is it. The book is well organized, easy to understand, and decently illustrated. Photos and quality may not be of the best quality, but you can find those in one of the many other pictorial guides to orchids available. If you want to get growing, this book is a great start.
5 Stars Excellent
This is a truly excellent starter and it’s great for the medium level amatuer, too. There is a lot of information, yet it’s not succint. The quality of the pictures is not satisfactory, however, this is one of the very few books which show overall plants, as opposed to show macro of flowers only. This is not a minor point: when I placed my first order online, I decided I was not going to buy dendrobium, because I don’t like the plant. While this reflect my personal taste, knowng how the overall plants look like was a major plus. Moreover this book teaches how to measure the light intensity by simply using the lightmeter of your TTL camera. To me this information alone is worth the price of admission.
