Kew Gardening Guides - Orchids
Joyce Stewart
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PREFACE
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Orchids have justly been described as 'the royal family' of the plant world.
This book about orchids and orchid-growing begins with a history of the first introductions to Western horticulture more than 250 years ago and describes the difficult days of learning how to grow them.
The main body of the book is concerned with the principles of growing, propagating, and caring for orchids in temperate regions. Many of the orchids described in this book can be grown with success in a conservatory or on a windowsill, others need rather more specific conditions that can be provided by a plant case or greenhouse.
This book about orchids and orchid-growing begins with a history of the first introductions to Western horticulture more than 250 years ago and describes the difficult days of learning how to grow them.
The main body of the book is concerned with the principles of growing, propagating, and caring for orchids in temperate regions. Many of the orchids described in this book can be grown with success in a conservatory or on a windowsill, others need rather more specific conditions that can be provided by a plant case or greenhouse.