Vandas: Their Botany, History and Culture [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Martin R. Motes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1997

Now available in paperback! Modern vandas are among the more spectacular cultivated orchids, offering a dramatic range of colors as well as long-lasting, frequent-blooming flowers. Drawing on 40 years of practical experience, the author offers a comprehensive horticultural treatment that includes the botany, breeding, and cultivation of vandas. More than 100 beautiful color photographs augment the work. Addressing the concerns of amateur growers, botanists, and professional horticulturists alike, this thorough and accurate account is a must for all orchid fanciers.

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Book Description

Modern vandas are the most spectacular of all cultivated orchids, offering a kaleidoscopic range of colors & often blooming six times a year or more with flowers lasting up to eight weeks.

About the Author

Martin Motes, Ph.D., is an award-winning hybridizer and internationally recognized expert on vandas. He writes frequently for orchid publications and is sought after as a speaker to horticultural groups and symposia. He resides in Homestead, Florida. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 188 pages
• Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated (June 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881923761
• ISBN-13: 978-0881923766
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #964,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference For Orchid Lovers, December 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Vandas: Their Botany, History and Culture (Hardcover)

This is an incredible book for beginners as well as seasoned orchid growers. It does a wonderful job of covering the botany, history, and culture. The author has done an incredible job of keeping your interest. It can also be used as a quick reference. When I first purchased the book I did so to trouble shoot an ailing vanda. I was able to diagnose and cure the problem in a couple of weeks. After reading the book I realized there is so much interesting history relating to vandas. This book has given me great insite into the potential of these beautiful orchids. I have many orchid books but this is by far my most appreciated and useful reference. The photographs are breath taking. This book will help anyone successfully grow vandas.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Vanda Orchid resource book, April 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Vandas: Their Botany, History and Culture (Hardcover)

The author, Martin Motes, is an expert in Vanda culture and propagation. The book is very well written and contains high quality photographs of Vanda species and hybrids. Anyone interested in Vandaceous orchids, whether beginner or advanced, will thoroughly enjoy this book.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A extraordinary book for the beginner vandaceous grower, August 22, 2000

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"samithami" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vandas: Their Botany, History and Culture (Hardcover)

This is a extraordinary book for anyone who is starting to grow vandaceous. It will teach you tricks that you will not find in any other book.Everyone that buys this book is lucky enough to be able to share the many many years that Martin Motes has adquired since he first started growing orchids.