Orchid Growing for Everyone
Karl Matho
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PREFACE
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This book is written to open up the sphere of the lovely and mysterious orchids to many nature lovers. The author gives the reader an idea of their geographical distribution and natural habitat, explains their biology and morphology, giving details of the structure of the orchid flower, and then follows with full instructions as to their propagation. A further chapter is devoted to the cultivation of orchids as indoor plants.
The second part provides an extremely valuable reference to the groups in the orchid classification and is illustrated with 64 full coloured plates.
The second part provides an extremely valuable reference to the groups in the orchid classification and is illustrated with 64 full coloured plates.