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Easy Orchids

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Firefly Books, Limited, 2005 - Gardening - 144 pages

Proven advice on many easy-to-grow orchids.

Long considered expensive and difficult to grow, modern orchid varieties are far from fragile and come in a vast array of colors and sizes to suit any gardener and home environment.

Easy Orchids explains how to grow orchids at home, from choosing a healthy plant to transporting and caring for it.

An extensive A-Z orchid directory includes cool, warm and intermediate varieties and hybrids, each with detailed care instructions. The directory also features:

  • Strength of fragrance
  • Ease of growth
  • Ideal growing temperatures and locations
  • Size of bloom
  • Watering and humidity levels
  • Feeding, potting and summer care.

Advances in home climate technology have spurred the dramatic rise in popularity of orchid houseplants. Wide availability and affordability have made them more accessible.

Beautifully illustrated and up-to-date, Easy Orchids also includes a checklist for gardeners buying orchids online. Other buying tips include what to look for in healthy roots and leaves and the wrapping of the orchid for shipping or travel.

With the valuable tips and advice in Easy Orchids, gardeners of all levels will discover how fail-safe it can be to grow orchids.

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Review: Easy Orchids: The Fail-Safe Guide to Growing Orchids Indoors

User Review  - Kylir Horton - Goodreads

Excellent book about orchids and growing them at home. It is very easy to navigate, gets to the point, and has all of the information needed for the novice orchid grower to do well at home. Most of ... Read full review

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User Review  - Reed Business Information.

This utilitarian manual to orchids as houseplants succeeds admirably in its aim to provide a practical, concise, easy-to-use guide that is suitable for those with little or no experience of growing ... Read full review

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About the author (2005)

Liz Johnson is a member of the Royal Horticultural Society, an orchid judge and the owner of McBean's Orchids, a company that has been growing orchids since 1879.

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