Beginner's Guide to Orchids
 

Can anybody recommend a decent book? I bought my orchids when blooming
and although they seem happy enough and keep putting out leaves, they
haven't bloomed again. Just curious what the technique is or how long I
need to wait.

Erik

Ortho's All About Growing Orchids. Available in bookstores, garden centers,
and I even seen it at Home Depot.

K Barrett

"Erik" wrote in message
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Can anybody recommend a decent book? I bought my orchids when blooming
and although they seem happy enough and keep putting out leaves, they
haven't bloomed again. Just curious what the technique is or how long I
need to wait.

Erik

Hi Erik,

Yes, Ortho's All About . . . is a great book for beginners. Another
recommendation is Home Orchid Growing, Rebecca Tyson Northen, 1990.

Although reading is usually beneficial, you might try increasing the
amount of light a wee bit.

.. . . Pam
Everything Orchid Management System
http://home.earthlink.net/~profpam/page3.html

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Erik wrote:

Can anybody recommend a decent book? I bought my orchids when blooming
and although they seem happy enough and keep putting out leaves, they
haven't bloomed again. Just curious what the technique is or how long I
need to wait.

Erik

Erik wrote in message ...
Can anybody recommend a decent book?

I recently got "Growing Orchids" by Brian & Wilma Rittershausen;

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...741908-3473656

Maybe I like it so much because I found it on sale for $6 & it is a
big book :) but it has quite a lot of stuff on many different kinds of
orchids, well-illustrated culture & growing tips, & some history of
orchids & collectors. I'm not familiar with the Ortho one recommended
but I don't think this one would be too simplistic for more
experienced growers, & it seems to me a pretty good & useful book.

Alison

Also "Orchid Growing for Wimps" by Ellen Zachos is a pretty good book for
beginners. It has nice tables for different orchid genuses' temperature,
light, etc. requirements. And it is not a very thick book, so if you just
want the basics quickly, it's a good summary for beginners.
Best,
Joanna

"Erik" wrote in message
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Can anybody recommend a decent book? I bought my orchids when blooming
and although they seem happy enough and keep putting out leaves, they
haven't bloomed again. Just curious what the technique is or how long I
need to wait.

Erik

J Fortuna wrote:
Also "Orchid Growing for Wimps" by Ellen Zachos is a pretty good book for

I'm sold on the title alone. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Erik

profpam wrote:
try increasing the
amount of light a wee bit.


Gotcha.