Orchids A Splendid Obsession |
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| Author:
| Rittershausen, Brian
Rittershausen, Wilma |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57959-054-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1999 |
| Publisher: | Bay Soma Publishing
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| Imprint: | SOMA Books |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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This beautiful and original guide to the world's most glamorous flower reveals the limitless fascination of orchids. It captures the romance of their history, illuminates the contemporary triumphs of hybridization, and provides the key to growing them successfully at home.-- Over 250 stunning photographs by Linda Burgess capture the diversity and exotic appeal of orchids.-- Text by Wilma and Brian Rittershausen, unrivalled experts in the orchid world.-- Practical, step-by-step,...
More DescriptionThis beautiful and original guide to the world's most glamorous flower reveals the limitless fascination of orchids. It captures the romance of their history, illuminates the contemporary triumphs of hybridization, and provides the key to growing them successfully at home.-- Over 250 stunning photographs by Linda Burgess capture the diversity and exotic appeal of orchids.-- Text by Wilma and Brian Rittershausen, unrivalled experts in the orchid world.-- Practical, step-by-step, illustrated information on the care and cultivation of orchids.-- An illustrated directory of over 150 orchids is arranged according to their growing conditions, with anecdotal breeding history and details of individual care.-- The only book on orchids to carry the authority of the Royal Horticultural Society.