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Item Details
Title:
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ORCHIDS
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CARE AND CULTIVATION |
By: |
Michael Tibbs |
Format: |
Hardback |

List price:
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£28.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1883052599 |
ISBN 13: |
9781883052591 |
Publisher: |
BALL PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
1 September, 2007 |
Pages: |
160 |
Synopsis: |
Orchids have long been coveted for their elegant and exotic beauty. Decorate your house with these gorgeous plants as Mike Tibbs dispels the mysteries of growing and caring for these exquisite plants. With more than 25,000 species, orchids are quite possibly the largest and certainly most diverse plant family on earth. Visually, orchids offer an exquisite variety of forms and colours with hybridisation expanding the number of species and producing spectacular new combinations of colour and form. "Orchids" offers beginner growers commonsense advice on getting started with orchids, understanding the basics of orchid biology, caring for orchids in a variety of settings, and mastering techniques for re-potting, dividing and growing from seed.Mike Tibbs details the major orchid families and characteristics by climate conditions, making it easy for you to choose the orchids that will thrive in your area. Finally, Tibbs covers pest and diseases along with everything needed to enter your orchids in competition. Enter the fascinating world of orchids with Mike Tibbs. |
Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Ball Publishing |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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