Orchids As House Plants - Brossura

Northen, Rebecca Tyson

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486232611 ISBN 13: 9780486232614

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 1976

Riassunto

Orchids are one of the most fascinating plant families to grow. With their tremendous variety of sizes, colors, shapes, habits, and fragrances, orchids offer the opportunity of unparalleled pleasure and excitement to the plant enthusiast. This book shows you how to produce flowering orchids in your home with the modern methods that are already enabling thousands of people to cultivate orchids successfully in their living rooms, sun porches, basements, and elsewhere.
It is easier to grow orchids now than it has ever been, and you don't need a greenhouse to do it. Thoroughly revised and brought completely up to date, this book explains the basic needs of orchids and shows you the three common methods of growing them in the house — in a window, in a case, and under artificial light. It goes on to describe cattleyas and many other fascinating kinds of orchids that do well as house plants, including what they each need in the way of temperature, light, humidity, and other requirements. Finally, the concluding chapters present information on potting mature plants, caring for seedling, and treating ailments and problems. 63 photos and line drawings illustrate flowers and growing techniques.
If you are intrigued by the prospect of growing orchids as house plants or you already have one or two flowering on your windowsill, this book will enable you to pursue your interest confidently and knowledgeably. It covers a wide range of techniques and types of orchids, and can even be adapted to greenhouse work. With the right information at your fingertips, you can grow orchids at home with surprising ease.

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Contenuti:

I ORCHIDS AS HOUSE PLANTS II ORCHID PLANTS AND THEIR NEEDS III WINDOWS AND CASES Windows Orchid Cases Enclosures for Small Plants Summering Out IV GROWING WITH ARTIFICIAL LIGHT Light Carts Basement Growing Areas Day Length V CATTLEYAS VI OTHER KINDS TO GROW "Epidendrum, Encyclia, Laelia, Sophronitis, Brassavola" "Oncidium, Odontoglossum, Brassia, Miltonia" Dendrobium Cymbidium VII MORE KINDS TO GROW Paphiopedilum Catasetum and Cycnoches Masdevallia "Phalaenopsis, Vanda, Ascocentrum, and Other Monopodials" Other Genera VIII POTTING MATURE PLANTS Dividing Plants Potting Equipment Potting Cork-Bark and Tree-Fern Slabs IX CARE OF SEEDLINGS Community Pots Individual Pots Ready to Flower X AILMENTS AND PROBLEMS Temperature and Day Length Failure to Flower and Poor Flower Substance "Sepal Wilt, Freaks, Yellow Leaves, Light Burn" Diseases Pest Control INDEX

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Book by Northen Rebecca Tyson

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0486232611
• ISBN 13: 9780486232614
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 640