| I recently got 2 new books after they were reviewed in AOS Orchid magazine. If you are interested you can track down the reviews there, within last 3 or 4 issues:
1> Four Seasons of Orchids by Greg Allikas and Ned Nash.Creative Homeowners publisher $24.95 list but much less on Amazon.com.
This is a beautiful book. I keep in on the coffee table and people pick it up to look at. The concept is orchids that are prominent in each of the four seasons (I guess southeast USA) The photos are outstanding. Of particular value, however, is the care section in front of the book with detailed, clearly photographed procedures for repotting various orchids.
2>Orchids to Know and Grow by Thomas J. Sheehan and Robert J. Black. University Press of Florida. $19.95, again well discounted at Amazon.com (the two made a reasonable expenditure and was over the $25 limit for free postage)
The authors are academics. Beware! this is very much a botany text. There is more than you would generally care to know about the structure of the orchid and orchid flowers. There is also a description of the features that separates the various genera and species. I wanted to know some of this stuff (but I have a biological sciences backgound)
Both are new and information is very updated.
The Encylopediae mentioned by others seem dated. I loved the Dummies one when I was brand new and still refer to it (was belittled when I brought it with me to a local grower when I was looking for specific orchids. After he looked through it, he was accepting...dare not say impressed.)
Nick  |