Fragrant Orchids - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fragrant Orchids write by Steven A. Frowine. This book was released on 2005. Fragrant Orchids available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With some 20,000 fragrant orchids available today, orchid lovers of all levels will delight in this unique approach to selecting new and exciting varieties of fragrant orchids. Profiles of more than 100 orchids and 355 varieties include cultivation information and detailed notes on each fragrance. This first-ever guide will help gardeners choose, grow, and showcase orchids with the right look and most enjoyable scents.
Orchids For Dummies
Orchids For Dummies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Orchids For Dummies write by Steven A. Frowine. This book was released on 2005-03-04. Orchids For Dummies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Packed with photos, including 8 pages in full color Color your world with orchids Orchids are beautiful, fragrant, wonderfully varied, and surprisingly affordable. But aren't they hard to grow at home? No! says orchid grower extraordinaire Steve Frowine. In this handy guide, he shows you step by step how to select the right orchids, keep them healthy, encourage blooms, and even propagate your own plants. Discover how to: * Select orchids that will thrive in your home * Water, fertilize, repot, and propagate orchids * Decipher complicated orchid names * Get familiar with favorite orchid varieties * Create spectacular orchid displays
Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers
Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers write by Erica Hannickel. This book was released on 2022-12-20. Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Longlisted for the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A kaleidoscopic journey into the world of nature’s most tantalizing flower, and the lives it has inspired. The epitome of floral beauty, orchids have long fostered works of art, tales of adventure, and scientific discovery. Tenacious plant hunters have traversed continents to collect rare specimens; naturalists and shoguns have marveled at orchids’ seductive architecture; royalty and the smart set have adorned themselves with their allure. In Orchid Muse, historian and home grower Erica Hannickel gathers these bold tales of the orchid-smitten throughout history, while providing tips on cultivating the extraordinary flowers she features. Consider Empress Eugenie and Queen Victoria, the two most powerful women in nineteenth-century Europe, who shared a passion for Coelogyne cristata, with its cascading, fragrant white blooms. John Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, cultivated thousands of orchids and introduced captivating hybrids. Edmond Albius, an enslaved youth on an island off the coast of Madagascar, was the first person to hand-pollinate Vanilla planifolia, leading to vanilla’s global boom. Artist Frida Kahlo was drawn to the lavender petals of Cattleya gigas and immortalized the flower’s wilting form in a harrowing self-portrait, while more recently Margaret Mee painted the orchids she discovered in the Amazon to advocate for their conservation. The story of orchidomania is one that spans the globe, transporting readers from the glories of the palace gardens of Chinese Empress Cixi to a seedy dime museum in Gilded Age New York’s Tenderloin, from hazardous jungles to the greenhouses and bookshelves of Victorian collectors. Lush and inviting, with radiant full-color illustrations throughout, Orchid Muse is the ultimate celebration of our enduring fascination with these beguiling flowers.
The Genus Paphiopedilum
The Genus Paphiopedilum - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Genus Paphiopedilum write by Guido J. Braem. This book was released on 1998. The Genus Paphiopedilum available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Classic Cattleyas
The Classic Cattleyas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Classic Cattleyas write by A. A. Chadwick. This book was released on 2006. The Classic Cattleyas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cattleyas, first introduced in 1818, are the flowers whose form and color defined the essence of tropical orchids for generations to come. This helpful and informative book—for veteran orchid enthusiasts and beginners alike—describes each classic Cattleya species in fascinating detail and includes all that is required to appreciate and grow cattleyas successfully.
