For the indoor plant hobbyist, intermediate orchid grower, or anyone simply "mad about masdevallias," this is a first complete reference to these collectible orchids. An inspiring tribute to their beauty and a practical guide to their care, the book offers detailed advice on all aspects of culture. For those enthusiasts who are up to a challenge, chapters on propagating, showing, and registering masdevallias are also included.
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"Mary Gerritsen and Ron Parsons give this beautiful genus its well-deserved moment in the sun."
—Jerry Parsons, Pacific Horticulture, May/June 2006 (Pacific Horticulture )
"The experienced and knowledgeable coauthors (both are independent scholars) have provided the first comprehensive book on this genus of Central and South American orchids."
—L. G. Kavaljian, Choice, March 2006 (Choice )
"The first complete reference of Masdevallia orchids ever published."
—Pauline Keegan, Hobby Greenhouse, Summer 2006 (Hobby Greenhouse )
—Jerry Parsons, Pacific Horticulture, May/June 2006 (Pacific Horticulture )
"The experienced and knowledgeable coauthors (both are independent scholars) have provided the first comprehensive book on this genus of Central and South American orchids."
—L. G. Kavaljian, Choice, March 2006 (Choice )
"The first complete reference of Masdevallia orchids ever published."
—Pauline Keegan, Hobby Greenhouse, Summer 2006 (Hobby Greenhouse )
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Offers detailed advice on all aspects of culture - temperature, light and humidity, potting mixes and fertilizers, pest and diseases, and even propagating, showing, and registering these extraordinarily popular orchids form Central and South America.
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This review is from: Masdevallias: Gems of the Orchid World (Hardcover)
This is a wonderful book for anyone interested in Masdevallias or those who love orchids in general. I feel this book fills a long standing void of books dedicated to the genus Masdevallia. The book contains detailed information on the history, natural distribution, cultivation, taxonomy of the subgenera, as well as information on propagation and showing masdevallias. There are 100's of beautiful photographs of the many species with information for each species photographed. There is also a section on hybridisation accompanied with many more colour photographs. I believe this book will be a longstanding 'Bible' to the genus for years to come. Highly recommended.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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great book,
By J B Rowe "juz" (holland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Masdevallias: Gems of the Orchid World (Hardcover)
A great book for anyone interested in growing Masdevallias, regardless of skill / experience. There's plenty of useful tips in the cultural descriptions that go with each species photo, and I learned that they're a much more diverse genera than I had imagined. Many can also tolerate surprisingly cool temperatures (useful for me in the Netherlands), although those that can tolerate warmer temperatures are also covered, as are some common hybrids. The photos are excellent and the layout is pretty good too (species are grouped alphabetically, I would prefer by subgenera). The section describing the geography of each country where they occur is interesting, but too general to be of any real use (how many Masdevallias occur in the Peruvian desert?). Orchids don't recognize country boundaries, it would IMHO have been better to focus this section on the different microclimates in the geographical areas where they do occur (e.g. the Andes between 800m and 3500m). These minor details aside, this is a great book and good value.
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Masdevallias: Gems of the Orchid World,
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This review is from: Masdevallias: Gems of the Orchid World (Hardcover)
I can't say enough positive things about this book. The wisdom of some of the top masdevallia growers was sought out and compiled in one place. Excellent photos, solid text, and a useful list of the top growers and contact information for them. I was able to reach two of the top growers who live in my area and find out what orchid shows they would be attending. That allowed me to expand my collection with some awesome new plants. Buy this book, you won't regret it.
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"We have here a charming genus of little plants-gems of the first water, and one might say, seeing that they are most of them so chastely beautiful, and comparatively rare-a fact that detracts nothing their value." Read the first page New!
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