Orchid Species Culture

by Margaret L. Baker, Margaret Baker

Overview

A data-intensive guide to the culture of species in the orchid genus Dendrobium.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780881923667
Publisher:	Timber Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/30/2009
Series:	Orchard Species Culture Ser.
Pages:	820
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

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.

Editorial Reviews

"There are no photos, but information abounds. This dense, technical, and detail-oriented work stands out in its field."
—Phillip Oliver, Library Journal, June 2006

From the Publisher

This volume, the first in a projected series, covers six popular orchid genera. The Bakers' unique approach to orchid cultivation stresses the importance of maintaining climatic conditions similar to those in each species' native habitat. The climate tables created by the authors provide precise, usable information which enables the grower to adjust growing conditions to approximate those of the species in the wild. The weather data is supplemented with information from successful growers. No illustrations. Acidic paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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