Growing Orchids
by Brian Rittershausen
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This beautiful book on orchids opens with a round-the-world tour of the range of tropical and temperate habitats in which orchids are found.Tags
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Wilma and Brian Rittershausen are among the most respected names in the world of orchids. They are second-generation orchid growers, running a nursery started in 1950 by their father. Wilma is well known for her writings in various orchid journals and is the current editor of The Orchid Review. Brian is equally well known for his lecture tours in show more the U.S. and Britain. Both have written and contributed to several books on orchids. show less
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- Original title
- The Practical Encyclopedia of Orchids
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- Genres
- Home & Garden, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 635.9344 — Applied science & technology Agriculture Garden crops (Horticulture) Flowers and ornamental plants Groupings by life duration; taxonomic groupings Monocots, basal angiosperms, Chloranthales, magnoliids {formerly Liliopsida/Monocotyledons} Acorales, Alismatales, Petrosaviales {formerly Orchidales {vanillas, orchid family}} {formerly: Alstroemeriales, Agavales, Juncales}
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- SB409 .R5186 — Agriculture Horticulture. Plant propagation. Plant breeding Plant culture Flowers and flower culture. Ornamental plants Culture of individual plants
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- English, German, Russian
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