All About Orchids
Charles Marden Fitch
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PREFACE
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Orchid growing, no longer the exclusive hobby of experienced horticulturists, is an affordable and increasingly popular pastime all across the country. With ALL ABOUT ORCHIDS as your guide, you can enjoy the unique, vivid beauty of orchids right in your own home throughout the year.
Fully illustrated, with over 200 striking photographs taken by the author, this excellent reference book helps you to select plants that are best suited to your home environment with special mention given to compace, miniature and fragrant species.
Easy, reliable methods for potting and propagation of orchids will enable even amateur gardeners to successfully grow these lovely, exotic plants in a window garden or a sunporch.
Fully illustrated, with over 200 striking photographs taken by the author, this excellent reference book helps you to select plants that are best suited to your home environment with special mention given to compace, miniature and fragrant species.
Easy, reliable methods for potting and propagation of orchids will enable even amateur gardeners to successfully grow these lovely, exotic plants in a window garden or a sunporch.