Home Orchid Growing (Third Edition) [Hardcover]

Rebecca Tyson Northen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0442060645 | ISBN-13: 978-0442060640 | Publication Date: 1970 | Edition: 3rd

Whether your garden is a windowsill, a basement, a greenhouse, or a plot of land, "Home Orchid Growing" is the only reference book you'll ever need to cultivate one of natures most varied and fascinating plants. In the past forty years, it has become the best-known and most authoritative work in its field, and even gardeners who still have an original copy of this classic work will find much to inspire and delight them in this revised and updated fourth edition.

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"Na Pua Okika o Hawaii Nei" Beginners, amateurs, and even the professional can very well profit from using it....Nowhere can one find such a comprehensive review. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold; 3rd edition (1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0442060645
• ISBN-13: 978-0442060640
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #772,513 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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79 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "Bible"., October 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Home Orchid Growing, 4th Edition (Hardcover)

If you're going to have one book on orchids this should be it. Vast numbers of species descriptions, beautiful color photos, and complete information on general culture as well as exhaustive details of specific cultural requirements for many varieties; AND all you'll need to know about orchid genetics, hybridization, and natural history! This has been a standard reference for me for the 28 years I've been growing orchids.

53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on Orchid growing, April 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Home Orchid Growing, 4th Edition (Hardcover)

If I were interested in looking at pictures of orchids I'd buy a book of orchid photographs but in the 20 years I have been growing orchids, my opinion is unwavering in holding this book in the highest esteem. It was my first book on orchid growing and was always invaluable. When I lost it I didn't hesitate to buy it again as it has all the information one needs to grow any orchid and how to provide it with what it needs to bloom.

43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All you need to know about orchids!, June 21, 2001

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"gmreyes" (Santa Fe Springs, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home Orchid Growing, 4th Edition (Hardcover)

If colleges offered "Orchids 101", this would be the text book! Clear, concise, easy to read and understand, this book spells out all we need to know about growing orchids. Interesting sections on sowing seeds, the culture of seedling orchids, and even the dynamics behind orchid names, make this book much more than a simple 'how-to' book. It's a complete source of all you need to know. The one book to buy first, it'll probably be the only book you need.