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    Essential Guide to Orchids: Growing Orchids for Pleasure
    Essential Guide to Orchids: Growing Orchids for Pleasure
    Essential Guide to Orchids: Growing Orchids for Pleasure
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    Essential Guide to Orchids: Growing Orchids for Pleasure

    By Dueep Jyot Singh

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    Table of Contents

    Essential Guide to Orchids
    Introduction
    Collecting Orchids
    Natural Conditions
    Division of Species
    Terrestrial orchids –
    Epiphytic Orchids –
    Cultivation of Orchids
    Cultivation of Orchids at High Altitudes
    Propagation of Orchids
    Blossoming Orchids
    Making an Orchid House
    Types of Popular Orchids Varieties
    Dendrobium
    Epidendrum
    Cattleya
    Bletia
    Vanda
    Phalaenopsis
    Vanilla
    Odontoglossum
    Cypripedium – Lady Slipper Orchid genus
    Appendix
    Why Re-Pot a Plant
    Conclusion
    Author Bio
    Publisher

    Introduction

    The moment you hear the word “orchid”, you have an immediate vision of an exotic exquisite flower being presented to a dainty young maiden, getting ready for her first prom. This particular word has become synonymous with grace, class, and luxury. And they are not as rare as they are supposed to be, even if they come in the “expensive desirable item” category.

    There are 20,000+ species of orchids growing all over the world. Most of them have not been classified at all and many species are still being discovered in remote corners of the earth, and their classification being debated by botanists all over the world today!

    Ever since orchids became a rage in the 19th century, with horticulturists growing them in hothouses and experimenting with them, more than hundred thousand cultivars and hybrids have sprung up from the original 20,000 varieties and species. So that is how Vanda, Cattleya, Dendrobium, and other popular orchid specimens came into the public eye and social usage.

    Apart from the colorful and fragrant flowers, the leaves of many varieties are also considered to be ornamental. These leaves are perennial and they are going to live for a number of years. On the other hand, there are other varieties which are going to develop new leafy outgrowths, after shedding the old leaves every year.

    The ornamental leaves of Macodes sanderiana, which is a species which can be found clinging to rocks instead of growing on the branches of trees has thin veins of gold and silver on the green leafy background. This is quite an unusual natural phenomena, and other orchid varieties also have mottled leaves due to the uneven distribution of pigmentation and chlorophyll.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMendon Cottage Books
    Release dateMar 3, 2015
    ISBN9781310840463
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      Essential Guide to Orchids - Dueep Jyot Singh

      Essential Guide to Orchids

      Growing Orchids for Pleasure

      Gardening Series

      Dueep Jyot Singh

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      The contents have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or any other Government or Health Organization and the contents in this book are not to be used to treat cure or prevent disease.

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Collecting Orchids

      Natural Conditions

      Division of Species

      Terrestrial orchids

      Epiphytic Orchids

      Cultivation of Orchids

      Cultivation of Orchids at High Altitudes

      Propagation of Orchids

      Blossoming Orchids

      Making an Orchid House

      Types of Popular Orchids Varieties

      Dendrobium

      Epidendrum

      Cattleya

      Bletia

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