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Home Orchid Growing
by Northen. Rebecca Tyson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good condition
- ISBN 10
- 067176327X
- ISBN 13
- 9780671763275
- Seller
-
Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1990. Fourth Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth),. Good Condition/Good condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean with a small stamp on side edge Deep purple cloth boards are faintly faded on edges Whether your garden is a windowsill, a basement, a greenhouse, or a plot of land, Home Orchid Growing is the only reference book you will ever need to cultivate one of nature's 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 the revised and updated fourth edition.
This completely revised and updated edition includes introductions to 650 of the more than 30,000 species of orchid, with advice on which plants to choose for a variety of growing conditions. For the neophyte, there are explanations of the fundamentals of plant structure and function, plus basic care instructions. For those who have already mastered the fundamentals, Home Orchid Growing provides detailed instructions on:
* Growing with artificial light
* Genetics and hybridization
* Seed germination and seedlings
* Cloning (micropropagation)
* Control of flowering
* Dealing with pests and diseases
This beautiful book is complete with drawings and photos of every phase of cultivation (including the construction and management of greenhouses and sample lighting setups). There are also full-color plates of the orchids themselves.
Of particular importance to growers is the updated information on the destruction of the tropical forests where many species of orchid thrive and discussions of how to save these natural habitats and develop seed banks for the future. Colour photos and B & W photos and B & W illustrations
This completely revised and updated edition includes introductions to 650 of the more than 30,000 species of orchid, with advice on which plants to choose for a variety of growing conditions. For the neophyte, there are explanations of the fundamentals of plant structure and function, plus basic care instructions. For those who have already mastered the fundamentals, Home Orchid Growing provides detailed instructions on:
* Growing with artificial light
* Genetics and hybridization
* Seed germination and seedlings
* Cloning (micropropagation)
* Control of flowering
* Dealing with pests and diseases
This beautiful book is complete with drawings and photos of every phase of cultivation (including the construction and management of greenhouses and sample lighting setups). There are also full-color plates of the orchids themselves.
Of particular importance to growers is the updated information on the destruction of the tropical forests where many species of orchid thrive and discussions of how to save these natural habitats and develop seed banks for the future. Colour photos and B & W photos and B & W illustrations
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55999
- Title
- Home Orchid Growing
- Author
- Northen. Rebecca Tyson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth),
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 067176327X
- ISBN 13
- 9780671763275
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 376
- Size
- A4 (300 x 210mm approx.)
- Keywords
- Orchids orchids, cymbidium, cattleya, vanda
- X weight
- 1700 kg
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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