Happy OrchidPenguin, 2 Nis 2019 - 144 sayfa Proud new owner of a gorgeous orchid? Learn the essentials of buying orchids, orchid care, and how to keep it flowering beautifully, year after year, with this bite-sized beginner's guide. Did you know that many orchids hate being in direct sunlight? Or that most orchids have a crucial dormant period when their care needs change? Happy Orchid dispels the myths around how to care for orchids, starting with a simple, step-by-step introduction that demonstrates all the essential growing techniques, including how to plant, what feed to give them - orchids are fussy eaters! - and how to water and maintain humidity. Then discover more than 120 illustrated profiles of the most desirable orchids to grow: graceful Phalaenopsis, delicate Dendrobium, spectacular Cymbidium and many more varieties. Each profiled orchid lets you know exactly what they need for optimum growth, including where best to place them, how often they need repotting, how to prolong flowering and encourage reflowering. With this book as your guide, you will quickly become an expert on how to grow orchids and be inspired to fill your home with these striking, colorful beauties. |
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The World of Orchids | |
Choosing and Buying Plants | |
Potting and Planting | |
Position and Humidity | |
Orchid Care | |
Repotting | |
Pests and Problems | |
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2-3 waterings aerial roots ALICEARA ANATOMY Forms Anguloa blooms coarse orchid bark Coelogyne Coelogyne massangeana Cymbidium dead stems back Dendrobium Double tap image encourage flowering epiphyte fall and winter FEED fertilizer every 2-3 fertilizer in late flower stems grow GROWS This orchid HELP TO FLOWER high-nitrogen fertilizer high-potash fertilizer hybrid image to read keikis late summer leaf shoot Maxillaria Miltoniopsis Mist the leaves monopodial moth orchids necessary every 2-3 Oncidium ORIGIN Native PANSY ORCHID Paphiopedilum peat moss perlite Phalaenopsis pink Pleione Pleione formosana Pleurothallis potting mix Prosthechea radiata pseudobulbs read the text REPOT Repot Restrepia cuprea rhizome roots to anchor scented shade shady SLIPPER ORCHID species spring and summer stand in water Stanhopea tigrina summer and fall sympodial sympodial epiphyte sympodial habit tall text THE RELATIVES thrive Thunia Tips HELP Tips WATER Water trim the dead Vanda VITAL STATISTICS Water weekly weekly in spring weeks in fall winter rest