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The Expert Series
The Orchid Expert
The Orchid Expert is one of the books in the Expert series written by the world’s best-selling gardening author.
Orchids are the supermodels of the plant world, but how do you look after them? The label is usually not much help. There may be little or no background to what it is or what it needs, and sadly the plants are often thrown away once the flowers have faded.
The Orchid Expert shows you how you can get them to bloom again, and so transform them into permanent members of your home. Unique Expert-style diagrams show you how to put a name to that orchid and also reveal the secrets of successful care. Troubles are clearly illustrated and answered, and the weird and wonderful life story of these fascinating plants is explained. With full-page colour photographs of the beautiful and the unusual, The Orchid Expert wipes away the mystery of these magical flowers.
Orchids are the supermodels of the plant world, but how do you look after them? The label is usually not much help. There may be little or no background to what it is or what it needs, and sadly the plants are often thrown away once the flowers have faded.
The Orchid Expert shows you how you can get them to bloom again, and so transform them into permanent members of your home. Unique Expert-style diagrams show you how to put a name to that orchid and also reveal the secrets of successful care. Troubles are clearly illustrated and answered, and the weird and wonderful life story of these fascinating plants is explained. With full-page colour photographs of the beautiful and the unusual, The Orchid Expert wipes away the mystery of these magical flowers.
128 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2008
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About the author
D.G. Hessayon
89 books20 followersDavid Gerald Hessayon was a British author and botanist of Cypriot descent who is known for a best-selling series of paperback gardening manuals known as the "Expert Guides" under his title Dr. D. G. Hessayon. The series started in 1958 with Be Your Own Gardening Expert and in 2008 it celebrated its 50th anniversary and the 50 millionth copy in print. They have become the best selling gardening books in history.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
October 26, 2011
As usual with Hessayon very practical and hands on approach to growing and cultivating orchids.
Sections un onderstanding orchids, choosing and buying, orchid care, pots and potting, propagation, growing orchids as a hobby, orchid history, problems, and orchids in the garden, wild and home.
All useful and detailed info for the novice orchid keeper and illustrated with lots of pictures and diagrams.
Final section of the book is an A-Z of the more common orchids.
Sections un onderstanding orchids, choosing and buying, orchid care, pots and potting, propagation, growing orchids as a hobby, orchid history, problems, and orchids in the garden, wild and home.
All useful and detailed info for the novice orchid keeper and illustrated with lots of pictures and diagrams.
Final section of the book is an A-Z of the more common orchids.
October 16, 2018
Great beginner orchid guide. Best sections are on orchid history and orchid lore in the sidebars. I like the divisions by family and coverage of the most popular species.
October 28, 2017
Such a helpful read and book. I'll definitely be checking out some of the repotting ideas and give my orchid some extra mojo.
January 25, 2016
Pretty good information is given at the very start of the book, like what main types of orchids there are, their pollination methods, light and temperature requirements, etc. Knowledge about how to differentiate between actively growing and inactive roots was particularly useful. I liked reading about the progression from orchid hobbyist to orchid expert.
The final part of the book (and a big chunk of it) was an orchid identification catalogue. This was of no use to me. You can't really identify what orchid you have if the only photos you are given are of its flowers, and your orchid isn't flowering right now! It is so immensely frustrating for me to see yet another orchid catalogue that does not give photos of the complete plant, but just parts of it.
The final part of the book (and a big chunk of it) was an orchid identification catalogue. This was of no use to me. You can't really identify what orchid you have if the only photos you are given are of its flowers, and your orchid isn't flowering right now! It is so immensely frustrating for me to see yet another orchid catalogue that does not give photos of the complete plant, but just parts of it.
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