Kramer, Jack. — Growing hybrid orchids indoors.

New York, Universe Books, 1985 Bound, hardcover without dustjacket, 208pp., 8 plates hors texte, 23.5x15.5cm., very good copy without dustjacket. Since orchids have been hybridized, they have become the number-one houseplant because they are relatively easy to grow. This richly illustrated and authoritative guide provides all the information needed to know how to grow orchids indoors. Chapters on the Orchid family, buying them, orchid handling indoors, ABCs of growing them (watering, feeding, potting etc.) and on the different families (Brassia, Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Epidendrum, Laelia, Miltonia, Odontoglossum, Oncidium, Phalaenopsis, Vanda, Paphiopedilum and Complex Hybrids). With a glossary, bibliography, index and 5 appendices. Richly illustrated with a great number of text-photographs, text-drawings and 72 coloured photographs on 8 plates