Author: J. Cullen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: orchid, species, cultivated, guide, book, identification
Number of Pages: 555
Published: 1992-11-27
List price: $147.00
ISBN-10: 0521418569
ISBN-13: 9780521418560

Based on the text of the family Orchidaceae published in The European Garden Flora II, this book provides botanists and orchid growers with a means for the identification of orchid species in general cultivation. The main part of the text (updated and with an improved layout) consists of descriptions of the 900 species included; these descriptions are accompanied by references to published illustrations and other useful information, and are made accessible by means of keys to the genera and the species. Numerous line drawings of diagnostic features help to make the keys and descriptions easy

Author: Orchid Society of South East Asia Staff
Publisher: Times Edition
Keywords: tropics, growing, orchid
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2005-03-01
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 9812041087
ISBN-13: 9789812041081

In spite of the title, we have been told by experienced orchid growers in the U.S. that this little handbook is useful for growing orchids indoors anywhere in the world. It is beautifully illustrated and full of practical information on orchid culture and propagation.

Author: Robert Grant
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: orchid
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2008-12-09
List price: $25.75
ISBN-10: 0559723555
ISBN-13: 9780559723551

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1905 Original Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary History / General Literary Criticism / American / General Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or an index. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

Author: Anchee Min
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: orchid, empress
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2005-04-11
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0618562036
ISBN-13: 9780618562039

From a master of the historical novel, Empress Orchid sweeps readers into the heart of the Forbidden City to tell the fascinating story of a young concubine who becomes China’s last empress. Min introduces the beautiful Tzu Hsi, known as Orchid, and weaves an epic of a country girl who seized power through seduction, murder, and endless intrigue. When China is threatened by enemies, she alone seems capable of holding the country together. In this “absorbing companion piece to her novel Becoming Madame Mao” (New York Times), readers and reading groups will once again be transported by Mi

Author: D.G. Hessayon
Publisher: Expert
Keywords: expert, orchid
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-03-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0903505673
ISBN-13: 9780903505673

Written by the world’s foremost gardening authority, and jam-packed with the most up-to-date information, the Expert collections offer techniques, full-color photos throughout, and plenty of thumbnails and diagrams. This brand new entry into the very best gardening series there is focuses on beautiful orchids, plants once only for the wealthy and the skilled, but now available to everyone. With The Orchid Expert, they’ll become permanent members of your family, treasured not only for their flowers, but all year long.Dr. Hessayon explains it all: what to look for when buying a plant, the se

Author: Jayne Castle
Publisher: Pocket
Keywords: orchid
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1998-05-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0671569023
ISBN-13: 9780671569020

Psychic romance novelist Orchid Adams has yet to meet her match on the space colony of St. Helen’s--until an assignment with a lone-wolf private investigator puts her mind and her heart on a collision course.

Author: D.K. Christi
Publisher: L & L Dreamspell
Keywords: orchid, ghost
Number of Pages: 166
Published: 2009-09-24
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1603181369
ISBN-13: 9781603181365

A mysterious orchid is central to a story of love, lies, and redemption. Once more before I die...the haunting mantra of a lonely woman. A woman grieving more than one loss. On her regular walks amongst the splendor of the Audubon Society sanctuary, situated at the edge of the Florida Everglades, the sights and sounds of nature filled the void in Mel’s soul. She found peace here. No tears for what might have been. Only joy for having experienced the ecstasy of a great love. Her secrets stayed buried. In another part of the world an exquisitely beautiful young woman also found pea