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Color your world with orchids

Orchids are beautiful, fragrant, wonderfully varied, and surprisingly affordable. But aren't they hard to grow at home? No! says orchid grower extraordinaire Steve Frowine. In this handy guide, he shows you step by step how to select the right orchids, keep them healthy, encourage blooms, and even propagate your own plants.

Discover how to:
* Select orchids that will thrive in your home
* Water, fertilize, repot, and propagate orchids
* Decipher complicated orchid names
* Get familiar with favorite orchid varieties
* Create spectacular orchid displays
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Believe it or not, orchids — the most glamorous and spectacular flowering plants in the world, nature’s true masterpieces — are easy to grow! You just need to give them what they need. And their requirements are not difficult to meet — adequate light, humidity, water, and ventilation. Sure, there are other nuances, like fertilizing, repotting, insect and disease control, but none of these are daunting. I’ve been growing and blooming orchids in my home for almost 40 years — mostly not in a greenhouse, but under lights or in the windowsill. Helping you achieve success with these glorious plants is my pleasurable mission. If you follow the steps I lay out in this book, you will grow orchids that thrive. Everything in this book comes from many years of my own trials and errors — not from theories about what should happen or what orchids might need. Sure, I’m a professional horticulturist, but probably more importantly, I’m a hands-on, sometimes fanatical, home orchid grower. I don’t share with you anything in this book that I haven’t tried myself or am sure that works. Years ago, the methods of orchid culture were well-guarded secrets, hoarded by commercial growers and private estate gardeners. That’s not the case here. This is a tell-all book where all secrets are revealed. So you can now enter this wonderful world of orchids without fear, knowing that you’re armed with the information you need to be successful and enjoy one of the most rewarding and fascinating, lifelong hobbies that you’ll ever experience — growing orchids.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ For Dummies (January 1, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 266 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764567594
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764567599
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I am a professional horticulturist, an active garden writer, and a speaker. I have been a passionate gardener and orchid grower for over 50 years and now live in the beautiful mountains of Asheville, NC with my wife, Sascha, and two dogs, Sophie and Theo. I greatly enjoy growing all types of plants, edible and ornamental, indoors and out.

I hold B.S. and M.S. degrees in horticulture from Ohio State University and Cornell University respectively and have worked as a professional horticulturist at key botanical gardens including the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii, Cleveland Botanical Garden, and Missouri Botanical Garden, and for leading horticultural companies including Burpee and White Flower Farm.

For more info about me and my background go to http://members.authorsguild.net/stevefrow/bio.htm

I have given lectures and Zoom presentations throughout North America on orchids and general gardening, You can contact me directly regarding available orchid and garden presentations and Zoom programs at stevefrow@aol.com

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Worst orchid book ever, it's actually hilarious
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Worst orchid book ever, it's actually hilarious
I bought this book in order to figure out what was wrong with an orchid I had bought. I keep finding stuff in this book hilarious. I've owned 2 orchid for two years, and have never once faced a problem with them, especially not with anything this book says will be a problem! Also this book is far to vague, there are so many orchid types, this book doesn't clarify what type it's talking about. He wrote this book like it was professionals and not amateurs that were reading it.
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Barbara Romppel
5.0 out of 5 stars good product
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2024
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useful to me since i have never grown orchids before.
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Linda
5.0 out of 5 stars Orchids for dummies book
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2023
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I was given 3orchid plants as a gift. I had no idea how to take care of them. This book is filled with so much information. My friend bought me another one I've learned that with orchids,you must have patience as they grow at their own speed which is slow! Delivery was fast and I. Use it almost every day!
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Thomas Grover
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2012
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As a beginning Orchid grower I have found this book invaluable. It takes the mystery out of growing these beautiful plants and steers the beginner away from the most common beginners errors, like watering and feeding too much. The section on re-potting is clear, concise,and very helpful, as is the entire book.

If you are just starting out as an orchid grower you could do much worse than buying this book.
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Robert McCain
5.0 out of 5 stars Delivered one day early.
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2023
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Nothing to dislike. Arrived earlier than expected during this busy holiday.
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Kathryne H.
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK !
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2017
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Love this book ! I've just started working with Orchids, and need all the help I can get. This book is an easy read, is quite humorous while at the same time, very informative, and I find myself laughing out loud at Mr. Frowine's humor while at the same time, getting a better sense of how these new-to-me 'plants' really work. (So far, my Orchids are still alive !)
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J.McG.
3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't provide the info I want
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2016
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I usually look at as much of a book as possible before buying, and sometimes I get a copy from the library to read and decide if I want the book (YES, I do buy books even after I've read them). Neither option was available, so I bought this one. I'm rather disappointed, as it doesn't really answer the questions I have about growing orchids. I've been growing orchids for several years, (phalaenopsis and oncidium) and I still have a lot of questions about growing them. For example, what do you do with the roots that grow outside the pot, when you re-pot the orchid? Tuck them into the potting mix? What if they're too long? Should you wrap the around inside the pot? Cut the ends off? Leave them out? What potting mix is best for specific orchid species? This book lists all the available (and some are not readily available) ingredients, but gives no guidance about specific mixes for specific orchids, just 2 recipes. Alo, how firmly do you pack the potting mis around the orchid? More illustrations would have helped. On the other hand, there was too much about too many species of orchids that the average windowsill grower will never want to mess with. And, if one chooses to try something more advanced, one would then turn to advanced books--not a 'For Dummies'. So, if I'd been able to review the content more thoroughly, I would not have bought this book. I'm still looking for a go9od book on orchid culture!
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Bonnie B. Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars Good condition
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2022
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Lots of information, easy to read.
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Judith S. Moore
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book with so much info
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2010
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I have recently gotten back into growing orchids and had forgot everything I ever knew. I ordered 3 books from Amazon.com (to go along with 4-5 I already had but the "Orchids for dummies" was better than all the others put together. It has so much information beginning with buying the orchids to carring for them properly. I have only had it a couple of weeks ad already I can see some changes in my orchids. A very good buy for the orchid enthusiastist.Amazon always has what I need and I feel safe and comfortable ordering from then.
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Troy McGill
5.0 out of 5 stars It covers all topics
Reviewed in Australia on February 21, 2019
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Very easy to read and follow
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R Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book on growing orchids and varieties
Reviewed in Canada on October 27, 2013
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I love this book. I have been doing research on orchids for over a year. I have three orchids that were gifted to me and I wanted to encourage blooms. I bought this book and found out great information on repotting, watering and ongoing care. I also found out that one of my orchids had 'scale'. This was new to me and very valuable information because this is a disease that eventually kills your orchid and it also spreads. Now I have a solution for how to recognize this and how to deal with it. I am so going to venture out and try some different orchid species. The pictures I. This book are fantastic. This is a very good book. I would highly recommend it.
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M. J. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Always be a DUMMY
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 4, 2010
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As an early dummy. (actually always have been, but only just realised) my approach to orchids has just been to stick them in steamy bathroom with a drop of water when I remembered, which has always given rise to a constant flow of diffent orchids. Good, but hey, they are like pets and its sad to see them go!! Now, with this book, I face a resurgent future of orchids that might grow to love me and with me become close friends.... or not, as the case may be - but the book is good.
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Senior lady
5.0 out of 5 stars Now I know everything!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2020
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So pleased with my purchase, this book tells you absolutely everything you need to know about orchids!!!!! As you’d expect from the dummy books and so easy to grab and find info quickly . Love it thanks
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Denise N Neumann
5.0 out of 5 stars So Easy to Understand
Reviewed in Canada on May 16, 2014
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We purchased this for my sons girlfriend last Christmas as she is new to growing orchids. She found the book very easy to understand and is now enjoying her new hobbie of growing orchads. I plan on purchasing the book for myself very soon.
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