I have a few orchids and am new to them. Can anyone recommend a beginners
guide to basic care, etc?

chaz

I always recommend Ortho's "All About Growing Orchids" Its cheap (~$12)
available at any bookstore and even in Home Depot annd the info is great.

K Barrett

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I have a few orchids and am new to them. Can anyone recommend a beginners
guide to basic care, etc?

chaz

chaz wrote:
I have a few orchids and am new to them. Can anyone recommend a beginners
guide to basic care, etc?


Isobyl La Croix's --Orchid Basics-- is a good one. I second the
endorsement of the Ortho book. It was my first orchid book.


J. Del Col

I recommend Orchid Growing for Wimps by Ellen Zachos. This book has very
useful tables for beginners classifying orchid genera by temperature
requirements, for example.
Joanna

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I have a few orchids and am new to them. Can anyone recommend a beginners
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chaz

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I recommend Orchid Growing for Wimps by Ellen Zachos. This book has very
useful tables for beginners classifying orchid genera by temperature
requirements, for example.
Joanna

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I have a few orchids and am new to them. Can anyone recommend a beginners
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chaz





Thank you all for the great recommendations!

I believe there is also a "Dummies" book on orchids now, as well. That
should be fun.........

Diana

chaz wrote:
I have a few orchids and am new to them. Can anyone recommend a beginners
guide to basic care, etc?

chaz

I have the Ortho book, it's a good one! I just picked up last weekend
the Reader's Digest "Orchids for Every Home", normally $28, at a
discount store for $8! Good info and lots of excellent pics, not just
of orchids themselves, but of repotting, bugs, problems, etc.

Hi,

Along with some culture sheets, I have a list of suggested reading
material on my website:http://home.earthlink.net/~profpam/freestuff.html

Hope this helps.

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

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salgud wrote:

chaz wrote:


I have a few orchids and am new to them. Can anyone recommend a beginners
guide to basic care, etc?

chaz



I have the Ortho book, it's a good one! I just picked up last weekend
the Reader's Digest "Orchids for Every Home", normally $28, at a
discount store for $8! Good info and lots of excellent pics, not just
of orchids themselves, but of repotting, bugs, problems, etc.

chaz wrote:

I have a few orchids and am new to them. Can anyone recommend a beginners
guide to basic care, etc?

chaz

If you can only buy one book, take a look at "Home Orchid Growing" by
Rebecca Tyson Northen. It's been the home growers basic text for many
years, and is still an outstanding reference. You can find new or used
copies. I think the last update was sometime in the 90s.

Also, look on the AOS web site - they have all of the various the
culture sheets available online now in .pdf format.

http://www.theaos.org

--
Mike KD7PVT
NAR #70953 - Sr/HPR Level-1 ~ BEMRC - NAR Section #627
NO Junk Email, please! Real email to: amphoto [at] blarg [dot] net.
WANTED: Experienced Kamikaze Pilot

Although I generally agree with Mike (KA3UPL here, Mike), the R.T.
Northen book is the same through third and fourth editions. The release of
fourth edition in the 1990's didn't include an update, and advocating the
use of pesticides and fungicides (natriphene, anyone?) that haven't been
available for decades will confuse any new grower.

A very good book, and his grandson (who raises orchids here in the
Valley) is looking at issuing an updated edition sometime after he
finishes graduate school. Until then, copies of third or fourth edition
off of "eBay" or Bookfinder.com will do.

The address in the header isn't valid; send no email there.

-AJHicks
Chandler, AZ

Aaron. I surprised at you.

"His" grandson? Rebecca Tyson Northen was a "he?"

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info!


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Although I generally agree with Mike (KA3UPL here, Mike), the R.T.
Northen book is the same through third and fourth editions. The release of
fourth edition in the 1990's didn't include an update, and advocating the
use of pesticides and fungicides (natriphene, anyone?) that haven't been
available for decades will confuse any new grower.

A very good book, and his grandson (who raises orchids here in the
Valley) is looking at issuing an updated edition sometime after he
finishes graduate school. Until then, copies of third or fourth edition
off of "eBay" or Bookfinder.com will do.

The address in the header isn't valid; send no email there.

-AJHicks
Chandler, AZ

Aaron Hicks wrote:

Although I generally agree with Mike (KA3UPL here, Mike), the R.T.
Northen book is the same through third and fourth editions. The release of
fourth edition in the 1990's didn't include an update, and advocating the
use of pesticides and fungicides (natriphene, anyone?) that haven't been
available for decades will confuse any new grower.

A very good book, and his grandson (who raises orchids here in the
Valley) is looking at issuing an updated edition sometime after he
finishes graduate school. Until then, copies of third or fourth edition
off of "eBay" or Bookfinder.com will do.


Other than specific recommendations on various substances that are
either no longer in use or have been replaced with better alternatives,
the cultural information and daily practices and procedures are
generally the same.

Other than the freely-available AOS culture sheets for the specific
genera that are being grown, her book remains a treasure trove of hints,
tips, and overall encouragement that a home grower of any level can use.


(Got the new issue of 'Orchids' today - they used one of my photos to
illustrate the article on Odontoglossum!)

--
Mike KD7PVT
NAR #70953 - Sr/HPR Level-1 ~ BEMRC - NAR Section #627
NO Junk Email, please! Real email to: amphoto [at] blarg [dot] net.
WANTED: Experienced Kamikaze Pilot

Ah yes. O. Serendipity. Nice shot.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info!


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Aaron Hicks wrote:

Although I generally agree with Mike (KA3UPL here, Mike), the R.T.
Northen book is the same through third and fourth editions. The release
of
fourth edition in the 1990's didn't include an update, and advocating the
use of pesticides and fungicides (natriphene, anyone?) that haven't been
available for decades will confuse any new grower.

A very good book, and his grandson (who raises orchids here in the
Valley) is looking at issuing an updated edition sometime after he
finishes graduate school. Until then, copies of third or fourth edition
off of "eBay" or Bookfinder.com will do.


Other than specific recommendations on various substances that are
either no longer in use or have been replaced with better alternatives,
the cultural information and daily practices and procedures are
generally the same.

Other than the freely-available AOS culture sheets for the specific
genera that are being grown, her book remains a treasure trove of hints,
tips, and overall encouragement that a home grower of any level can use.


(Got the new issue of 'Orchids' today - they used one of my photos to
illustrate the article on Odontoglossum!)

--
Mike KD7PVT
NAR #70953 - Sr/HPR Level-1 ~ BEMRC - NAR Section #627
NO Junk Email, please! Real email to: amphoto [at] blarg [dot] net.
WANTED: Experienced Kamikaze Pilot

Quoteth Ray:

Aaron. I surprised at you.

Oog. I surprised at me, too.

"His" grandson? Rebecca Tyson Northen was a "he?"

Not when I met her at a Houston Orchid Society show in the early
1990's, no.

Too many hours in the lab.

Back to killing plants!

The address in the header is bogus. Send no email there.

-AJHicks
Chandler, AZ