Botanica's Orchids: Over 1,200 Species Listed

by Wolfgang Rysy, Gary Yong Gee, Howard Wood, et al.

The orchid is one of the most treasured flowers in the world. Now all the species and varieties of orchids are carefully detailed and categorized in this comprehensive guide. Compiled by Botanica's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571457216
• ISBN13: 9781571457219
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

WHOLE OF INFORMATION

Though over 1200 species is a lot of orchids to be growing in the same conditions and in the same house (or greenhouse), this Masterpiece Book of the orchids culture is all that an orchid grower have ever expected. And the most important fact is that all the orchids been shown here have the proper scientific name according to Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. Alejandro Taborda, ARGENTINA.

Botanica's ORCHIDS

This is an excellent book and should be in the home of any orchid enthusiast that enjoys species. There are over 1200 species listed with color photos. This helps make identification much easier. Since I have had my book for only a few days it is still in excellent condition but others I know who have purchased this title have had a problem with the paper cover coming loose. Also, some of their pages have seperated. Hopefully the quality of this one will be better but even if not then I would purchase it again.

A Gem of a book!

This compact guide provides straight to the point advice on identifying and growing the huge range of orchids. Each listed species has an accompanying full-color picture which makes identification really easy. Information on climate and cultivation of each species takes the guess-work out of deciding whether a hobbyist would be successful with growing it. Add to this the reasonable price and easy to carry size, this is a must for both beginner and intermediate hobbyists.

Botanica's Orchids: Over 1200 Species

Gorgeous book at a reasonable price! Great photos, good representation of many species. Not all intergenerics represented. Brief descriptions of care - may want to cross-reference with other books for in-depth care.

The best reference book for orchids

Being a student orchid show judge I need to familiarise myself with as many species as possible and I need a quick and easy reference book for that purpose.The Botanica book is superb, it has just enough cultural information to get me by and helps me gain knowledge of a larger range of orchid species than any other book in my collection.I do wish there was a little more cultural information on each species but this is the best on the market so far.I take it to my orchid shows and I can't recommend it highly enough for both the novice and experience orchid keeper.