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Leroy-Terquem, Gerald
& Parisot, Jean, Orchids: care and cultivation, Cassell
Publishers Ltd., London, 1991. |
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Written by a French authority
in orchids, this book is a thorough introduction into all types of orchid
culture. It proposes several solutions for home growers, and has numerous
well-illustrated how-to series. The second part of the book introduces the
cultivation of all major orchid genera, and is particularly good in
dividing them into groups of similar culture conditions.
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You could wish for more
spectacular pictures. Don't get me wrong: the book is adequately
illustrated, but its real strength lies in the well-organized information
throughout the book.
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| Contents: |
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| Introduction: |
Introduction
of tropical orchids to Europe |
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The
nineteenth-century mania for orchids |
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Noel Bernard
and the germination of orchid seeds |
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Professor
Morel's meristem culture |
| What
is an Orchid? |
Distribution
and origin of orchids |
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Can all
orchids be cultivated? |
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Epiphytic
orchids: the principal features |
| Classification
of Orchids |
Dressler's
classification |
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The naming of
orchids |
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Hybridization |
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Judging
panels and awards |
| Orchids
as Indoor Plants |
Orchids on
the window-sill |
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Orchids on a
trolley |
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Orchids in a
window greenhouse |
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The
orchidarium |
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Other
possibilities |
| Greenhouse
Cultivation: |
Features of
the greenhouse |
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Choosing the
site |
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Heating |
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Building
materials |
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Openings in
the greenhouse |
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Shade: a
vital factor |
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Interior
equipment |
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Ventilation |
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Water tanks |
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Storage and
maintenance |
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Temperature
control |
| Repotting
and Composts: |
Containers |
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Repotting |
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Urgent
repotting |
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Compost
ingredients |
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Raft
cultivation |
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Light, Water, Humidity |
Characteristics
of water used for orchids |
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Watering |
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Humidification |
| Feeding: |
Techniques |
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Solid
fertilizers |
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The
composition of fertilizers |
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Feeding
throughout the year |
| Simple
Propagation: |
Division of
clumps |
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Removal of a
back-bulb |
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Removal of
keikis |
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Pruning |
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Cane cutting |
| Seed
raising: |
Pollination |
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Obtaining the
seeds |
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Preparation
of media |
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Sowing |
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Pricking out |
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Light and
temperature |
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Repotting |
| Pests,
Diseases and Cultural
Ailments: |
Weeds |
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Bacterial
attacks |
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Fungus
diseases |
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Viruses |
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Pests |
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Cultural
ailments |
| Cultivation
of Orchids: |
Angraecum and
Angraecoid orchids |
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Anselia |
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Bulbophyllum |
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Calanthe |
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Cattleya and
Laeliinae |
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Chysis |
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Coelogyne |
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Cymbidium |
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Dendrobium |
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Dendrochilum |
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Disa |
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Epidendrum
and Encyclia |
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Lycaste and
Anguloa |
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Masdevallia |
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Miltoniopsis |
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Odontoglossum |
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Oncidium |
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Paphiopedilum |
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Phalaenopsis |
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Pleione |
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Restrepia and
Pleurothallis |
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Stanhopea and
Gongorinae |
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Vanda |
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Zygopetalum |
| Glossary |
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| Orchid
Societies |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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