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Black, Peter McKenzie,
Orchid Growing, Ward Lock, London, 1998 revised edition. |
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Black's Book on Orchid Growing
is extremely well organized. It starts with an introduction into what is
an orchid and how do they live in the wild, and goes on to how to give
them similar conditions in cultivation. The information is scientific and
thorough. The second part of the book introduces a wide variety of orchid
species and how to grow them. The species chosen are a little bit out of
the ordinary without being hard to come by, and each entry is nicely
illustrated and gives good cultural information.
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The book talks only about
greenhouse culture of orchids, and while a lot of the information will be
of use for the home grower, it doesn't address the problems of growing
orchids on the windowsill. |
| Contents: |
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I General
Horticulture |
| Introduction: |
Characteristics
of family Orchidaceae |
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Habitat in
the wild of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids |
| Culture
and Care: |
Seed and
germination |
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Pollination
by man |
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Sowing the
seed |
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Composts |
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Containers
and methods of utilizing them |
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Watering
requirements |
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Fertilizer
requirements |
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Lighting
requirements |
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Heating
requirements; cool, intermediate and warm greenhouses |
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Air/relative
humidity requirements; need for air circulation |
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Reproduction
by division |
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Hybridization |
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Pests and
diseases |
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II Selection
of orchid Species |
| Paphiopedilum: |
callosum /
concolor / hirsutissimum / spiceranum / sukhakulii |
| Bulbophyllum: |
cupreum /
lobbii / macranthum |
| Cirrhopetalum: |
guttulatum /
makoyanum |
| Coelogyne: |
cristata /
fimbriata |
| Pleione: |
lagenaria /
maculata |
| Dendrobium: |
coelogyne /
fimbriatum / nobile / phalaenopsis / senile |
| Brassavola: |
flagellaris /
nodosa |
| Cattleya: |
amethystoglossa
/ bowringiana / citrina / granulosa / schillerana |
| Epidendrum: |
medusae /
polybulbon / vitellinum |
| Isabelia: |
virginalis |
| Laelia: |
anceps /
harpophylla / purpurata |
| Leptotes: |
bicolor |
| Sophronitis: |
coccinea /
violacea |
| Masdevallia: |
caloptera /
caudata / edwallii / tovarensis / veitchiana |
| Pleurothallis: |
sonderana /
strupifolia |
| Restrepia: |
guttulata |
| Cymbidium: |
devonianum /
tigrinum |
| Bifrenaria: |
vitellina |
| Lycaste: |
aromatica /
fimbriata |
| Maxillaria: |
picta /
sophronitis / tenuifolia |
| Comparettia: |
macroplectrum
/ speciosa |
| Gongora: |
armeniaca |
| Ionopsis: |
utricularioides |
| Rodriguezia: |
decora /
secunda |
| Lockhartia: |
oerstedii |
| Brassia: |
verrucosa |
| Miltonia: |
clowesii |
| Odontoglossum: |
bictoniense /
cervantesii / cordatum / grande / pulchellum |
| Oncidium: |
gardneri /
krameranum / nubigenum / ornithorhynchum / pusillum / triquetrum / |
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variegatum |
| Sigmatostalix: |
radicans |
| Trichocentrum: |
tigrinum |
| Trichopilia: |
suavis |
| Promenaea: |
stapelioides |
| Zygopetalum: |
intermedium |
| Aerangis: |
rhodosticta |
| Angraecum: |
eburneum /
leonis / sesquipedale |
| Ascocentrum: |
miniatum |
| Gastrochilus: |
calceolaris /
dasypogon |
| Haraella: |
retrocalla |
| Aerides: |
fieldingii /
maculosa |
| Phalaenopsis: |
cornu-cervi /
esmeralda / violacea |
| Rhynchostylis: |
coelestis |
| Vanda: |
cristata /
denisoniana |
