Orchid Species Culture: Pescatorea, Phaius, Phalaenopsis, Pholidota, Phragmipedium, Pleione (Orchid Species Culture) by Charles O. Baker - ISBN: 9780881922080
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Unlock orchid secrets: match climate, master species, grow vibrant orchids.

Orchid Species Culture: Pescatorea, Phaius, Phalaenopsis, Pholidota, Phragmipedium, Pleione (Orchid Species Culture)

Dendrobium

  • Paperback

    992 pages

  • Release Date

    14 November 2008

Summary

Replicating the climate of an orchid’s native habitat is a key to the successful culture of a species and its hybrids. This ingenious book provides monthly rainfall and temperature data for the varied habitats of more than 1200 species of Dendrobium, supplemented by detailed cultural recommendations based on the observations of experienced growers. This book is only available through print on demand.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780881922080
ISBN-10:0881922080
Author:Charles O. Baker, Margaret Baker
Publisher:Workman Publishing
Imprint:Timber Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:992
Release Date:14 November 2008
Weight:650g
Dimensions:14mm x 210mm x 281mm
Series:Orchid Species Culture
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Critics Review

“There are no photos, but information abounds. This dense, technical, and detail-oriented work stands out in its field.” – Library Journal

“There are no photos, but information abounds. This dense, technical, and detail-oriented work stands out in its field.” –Library Journal

About The Author

Charles O. Baker

Charles Baker is an avid gardener and former meteorologist with the National Weather Service. With his late wife, Margaret Baker, he wrote Orchid Species Culture: Dendrobium and Orchid Species Culture: Pescatorea, Phaius, Phalaenopsis, Pholidota, Phragmipedium, and Pleione, as well as numerous articles for Orchids (the publication of the American Orchid Society) and Orchid Digest. The Bakers spent most of their careers in Alaska, where Charlie worked as a meteorologist for more than thirty years and Marg was a scrimshaw artist, jewelry maker, and administrator in the Alaskan bush. After moving to Portland, Oregon, the Bakers became avid amateur orchid enthusiasts and frequent contributors to Orchids, Orchid Advocate, and Orchid Hunter, among other journals.

Margaret Baker was a frequent contributor to the American Orchid Society Bulletin. She was an avid amateur orchid enthusiast and with her husband Charles previously wrote Orchid Species Culture: Dendrobium and Orchid Species Culture: Pescatorea, Phaius, Phalaenopsis, Pholidota, Phragmipedium, and Pleione. Margaret Baker died in 2003.

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