| Orchid Species Culture: Dendrobium Contributor(s): Baker, Margaret (Author), Baker, Charles O. (With) |
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ISBN: 0881923664 ISBN-13: 9780881923667 Publisher: Timber Press (OR) OUR PRICE: $66.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: A data-intensive guide to the culture of species in the orchid genus Dendrobium. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Flowers - Orchids - Gardening | Reference - Gardening | Techniques |
| Dewey: 635.9 |
| Series: Orchard Species Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.69" H x 8.2" W x 11.1" (4.15 lbs) 992 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. All interior art is black and white. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baker, Margaret: - 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 published by Timber Press. Margaret Baker died in 2003.Baker, Charles O.: - 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. |