Vandas: Their Botany, History and Culture [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover)

by Martin R. Motes (Author) "Seventeenth-century travelers to the Far East were the first foreign observers to describe vandas for the western world..." (more)
Key Phrases: Gordon Dillon, Fuchs Delight, Jennie Hashimoto (more...)

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Product Description
Modern vandas are the most spectacular of all cultivated orchids, offering a kaleidoscopic range of colors and often blooming six times a year or more with flowers lasting up to eight weeks. This book presents for the first time a history of the introduction of Vanda species and an accurate modern scientific view of the genus, including exciting developments in hybridization. Drawing on 40 years of practical experience, the author offers a comprehensive horticultural treatment that includes the botany, breeding, care, and cultivation of vandas. All major diseases and pests and their control are discussed. Written for the advanced horticulturist, Vandas addresses not only the culture for temperate greenhouses, but also that for tropical and subtropical gardens and shade houses, the places where these orchids are most commonly grown.

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.

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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 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,766,808 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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

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.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.