Book Description
Replicating as much as possible the climate of an orchid's native habitat is key to the successful culture of a species & its hybrids. These ingenious books provide monthly rainfall & temperature data, & the climatological information is supplemented by recommendations from successful growers. The first volume covers the genera Pescatorea, Phaius, Phalaenopsis, Pholidota, Phragmipedium, & Pleione; the second includes more than 1,200 species of Dendrobium.
About the Author
Charles Baker is an avid gardener and former meteorologist with the National Weather Service. With his late wife, Margaret Baker, he wrote
Orchid Species Culture: Dendrobium and
Orchid Species Culture: Pescatorea, Phaius, Phalaenopsis, Pholidota, Phragmipedium, and Pleione, as well as numerous articles for
Orchids (the publication of the American Orchid Society) and
Orchid Digest. The Bakers spent most of their careers in Alaska, where Charlie worked as a meteorologist for more than thirty years and Marg was a scrimshaw artist, jewelry maker, and administrator in the Alaskan bush. After moving to Portland, Oregon, the Bakers became avid amateur orchid enthusiasts and frequent contributors to
Orchids, Orchid Advocate, and
Orchid Hunter, among other journals.
Margaret Baker was a frequent contributor to the American Orchid Society Bulletin. She was an avid amateur orchid enthusiast and with her husband Charles previously wrote
Orchid Species Culture: Dendrobium and
Orchid Species Culture: Pescatorea, Phaius, Phalaenopsis, Pholidota, Phragmipedium, and Pleione published by Timber Press. Margaret Baker died in 2003.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
