Taylor's Guide to Orchids: More Than 300 Orchids, Photographed and Described, for Beginning to Expert Gardeners (Taylor's Guides) (Vinyl Bound)

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Key Phrases: cultivar pictured, windowsill exposure, deciduous pseudobulbs, Epidendrum Subfamily, Oncidium Alliance, Cattleya Alliance (more...)

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Product Details Vinyl Bound: 400 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (April 15, 1996) Language: English ISBN-10: 0395677262 ISBN-13: 978-0395677261 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 4.6 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #105,664 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in these categories: (What's this?) #14 in  Books > Home & Garden > Gardening & Horticulture > By Plant > Orchids #30 in  Books > Home & Garden > Gardening & Horticulture > Ornamental Plants #100 in  Books > Home & Garden > Gardening & Horticulture > Flowers This item is part of The Taylor's Guides to Gardening Series.

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cultivar pictured, windowsill exposure, deciduous pseudobulbs, semiterrestrial mix, southern windowsill, eastern windowsill, fir hark, humidity trays, blooms successively, drier rest, tween waterings, diate temperatures, plant height, chopped sphagnum moss, windowsill light, extra humidity, medium bark, meristem tissue culture, hybrid genus, greenhouse light, small pseudobulbs, use plastic pots, solitary bloom, most awarded, potting materials

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Epidendrum Subfamily, Oncidium Alliance, Cattleya Alliance, May Medium, Costa Rica, New Guinea, Grow Most, March Medium, July Medium, June Medium, Orchid Potting Materials, Paphiopedilum Plant, Dendrobium Plant, May Low, South American, United States, American Orchid Society, Cattleya Plant, Grow These, Odontoglossum Sympodial, Phalaenopsis Plant, April Low, Blooms May, Laelia Sympodial, Oncidium Sympodial

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• Color Your Garden: The Royal Horticultural Society (Rhs) by Jill Billington on 5 pages
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 94 of 94 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best orchid book on the market!, December 23, 1999 By A Customer Afraid to grow orchids? Fear no more, because this book explains everything we need to know, from how orchids grow in nature (mostly on sides of trees!) and what we have to do to make them happy on the windowsill. judywhite is well-known in the orchid world for her wonderful way of explaining the mysteries behind how to grow them, and this book, which she also photographed (there are 300 gorgeous color photos depicting every genus in the encyclopedia section) is not only well-written, it is well-organized and covers everything from pest control to potting materials (the best resource on this subject in particular that I've ever come across) to light to getting the darned things to bloom again. The second half of the book is the encyclopedia section, describing not only species, but also man-made intergeneric hybrids, with a lot of information you can't find anywhere else in one place. I definitely agree with others that if you only get one orchid book - whether you are just a beginner or truly advanced - this is *the* orchid book! 74 of 75 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars This One Is a Must!!, November 11, 2000 By  K. Stewart "simply scrappy" (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    I love this little book and use it all the time. It has so much information packed into it's compact format. The color photos are beautiful and show great detail. The basic orchid growing information is helpful without being too technical and the specifics about each orchid are very useful in deciding if that orchid you just have to have will really stand a chance in your own growing situation. As Orchids host at BellaOnline.com, I highly recommend this book to all orchid lovers at any level of experience. 30 of 31 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars THE orchid book to buy!, March 3, 2000 By A Customer Beautiful color photos and detailed growing information...mineis heavily highlighted and dogeared as I use it as a constantreference. The BEST part is the dimensional description next to the photos telling ACTUAL PLANT AND FLOWER SIZE, as we all know how deceiving photos can be!		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Good Basic book Good photos, good set up. Helpful. A good basic reference book for beginners or old timers. Published 7 months ago by flowerchild 5.0 out of 5 stars Taylor's Guide to Orchids: More Than 300 Orchids, Photographed and Described, for Beginning to Expert Gardeners (Taylor's Garden This is an awesome book. It has been very helpful in learning about and identifying my quickly growing collection of orchids. Read more Published 18 months ago by Aleta Barth 5.0 out of 5 stars beginner orchidist I originally bought this book for the descriptions of the orchids, but found a lot of basic orchid care information. Read more Published on May 12, 2007 by Hospitalnurse 4.0 out of 5 stars Still can't identify my orchid My girl friend left me with four orchids when she departed to take care of her sick parents. These were definitley the dregs of her 20+ collection. Read more Published on April 5, 2007 by Lee S. Mairs 4.0 out of 5 stars A Gem of a Book An excellent book with cultural information that goes well beyond what's in most beginner books, yet is accessible and easy to understand. Read more Published on February 26, 2007 by Argonaut 5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR YOUR LIBRARY I grow and collect orchids strictly as a hobby. I first purchased this particular work at the time of its publication and have been using it ever since. Read more Published on January 12, 2006 by D. Blankenship 3.0 out of 5 stars Not very practical Depending on what you're looking for, this book is not for everyone, definitely not for the beginners. There're very little instructions on how to cultivate orchids. Read more Published on November 2, 2005 by W. Smith 5.0 out of 5 stars The best Orchid book around If you just got your first Orchid and want to learn how to care for it or you've been collecting for years, this is a "MUST HAVE" book. Read more Published on July 16, 2003 by David N. Sosland 5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Orchid Beginners! I recently acquired my first orchid from my mother who "couldn't get the darned thing to bloom again". So I adopted it. Read more Published on January 9, 2003 by sonnet103 4.0 out of 5 stars Likes and Dislikes This is book is wonderful, no doubt and is a good book, that is, if you can find the orchid you are looking for in the book. Read more Published on November 6, 2002 by Eric Chow Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Vinyl Bound: 400 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (April 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395677262
• ISBN-13: 978-0395677261
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 4.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #105,664 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

  Popular in these categories: (What's this?)

  #14 in	Books > Home & Garden > Gardening & Horticulture > By Plant > Orchids
  #30 in	Books > Home & Garden > Gardening & Horticulture > Ornamental Plants
  #100 in	Books > Home & Garden > Gardening & Horticulture > Flowers

• This item is part of The Taylor's Guides to Gardening Series.

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94 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best orchid book on the market!, December 23, 1999

By A Customer

Afraid to grow orchids? Fear no more, because this book explains everything we need to know, from how orchids grow in nature (mostly on sides of trees!) and what we have to do to make them happy on the windowsill.

judywhite is well-known in the orchid world for her wonderful way of explaining the mysteries behind how to grow them, and this book, which she also photographed (there are 300 gorgeous color photos depicting every genus in the encyclopedia section) is not only well-written, it is well-organized and covers everything from pest control to potting materials (the best resource on this subject in particular that I've ever come across) to light to getting the darned things to bloom again. The second half of the book is the encyclopedia section, describing not only species, but also man-made intergeneric hybrids, with a lot of information you can't find anywhere else in one place.

I definitely agree with others that if you only get one orchid book - whether you are just a beginner or truly advanced - this is *the* orchid book!

74 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This One Is a Must!!, November 11, 2000

By	K. Stewart "simply scrappy" (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I love this little book and use it all the time. It has so much information packed into it's compact format. The color photos are beautiful and show great detail. The basic orchid growing information is helpful without being too technical and the specifics about each orchid are very useful in deciding if that orchid you just have to have will really stand a chance in your own growing situation.

As Orchids host at BellaOnline.com, I highly recommend this book to all orchid lovers at any level of experience.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE orchid book to buy!, March 3, 2000

By A Customer

Beautiful color photos and detailed growing information...mineis heavily highlighted and dogeared as I use it as a constantreference. The BEST part is the dimensional description next to the photos telling ACTUAL PLANT AND FLOWER SIZE, as we all know how deceiving photos can be!