Size:
191 pages
Northen, Rebecca Tyson, Miniature Orchids and How to Grow Them, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1996.
J
This book is invaluable for all the people who have limited growing space for their orchids and want to specialize in miniature orchid plants. Rebecca Northen lists all common and a lot of unusual orchid species whose vegetative growth tops out at 6 inches.
L
Well, this book looks old. There are only very few color pictures in the middle of the book, many entries aren't even illustrated by a black-and-white one, and the cultivation hints are few. But it still is a good place to start learning about which orchid species are really small...
Contents:   
Acknowledgments
Miniature Orchids: An Introduction
Orchids In the Wild Environment
The Basics of Cultivation
Encyclopedia of Representative Species
Color Plates
Encyclopedia of Representative Species Continued
Selected References
Appendix: Orchid Pest Control
Index

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