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BROMELIADS A Cultural Manual
Bromeliad Society International.
Rewritten and updated to reflect recent nomenclature changes. A 44 page,
5½ x 8½in soft cover booklet with many color photos. FAQ’s addressed for
indoor, greenhouse, outdoor and novice growers. Cultural requirements
for each genus are covered.
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Botanica’s ORCHIDS
©2002 8 x 6in soft cover. 608 pages with over 1000 photos! What a book!
Describes over 1200 species, super photos and concise text. Loaded with
good information. And the price! Heck, by the pound it may be our least
expensive book! Highly recommended. If you buy only one orchid book…
Only
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BROMELIADS for the
Contemporary Garden ©2003 198 pages, 290 color photos 8½ x 10¼in
hardcover. Beginners, enthusiasts, and connoisseurs will enjoy the
descriptions and cultivation information for hundreds of species and
cultivars, from Aechmea to Vriesea, along with an
impressive range of photographs, to inspire gardeners and collectors.
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ORCHIDS
Joyce Stewart, 124 pp, 57 color illustrations, 18 line drawings, 7 x
9½”, hardcover, ©2000 An excellent primer for the beginner or hobbyist
that covers in layman’s terms cultivation, propagation, pests and
diseases. Includes a huge A-Z listing of recommended species and hybrids
for various conditions. This is the book you need if you are just
starting out.
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THE BOOK OF
BROMELIADS and Hawaiian Tropical Flowers ©2000 Ronald W. Parkhurst
216 pages, 8½ x 11, hardcover. 650 color photos. A stunningly
beautiful, high quality, non technical coffee-table-style bromeliad
book.
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Manual of Orchids
Editors: Joyce Stewart and Mark Griffiths, 448 pp, 107 line drawings, 6
x 9 ½”, hardcover, ©1995 This is the most complete guide to cultivated
orchids currently available. A summary of each genus, with cultural
information, is followed by descriptions of the species.
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NEW!
Pachyforms II - Bonsai Succulents
by Philippe de Vosjoli and Rudy Lime.
©2007 387 pages, 500 color photos. 10 x 7in soft cover. A continuation
of his best selling volume one book on caudiciforms, this one dealing
with the use of pachycauls as bonsai subjects. To caudiciform lovers
this seems a natural, and this is a beautiful how-to volume revealing
every aspect of the art form.
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Vandas, Their Botany,
History and Culture
©1997, Martin R Motes A complete treatment of the botany, breeding, care
and cultivation of Vandas. A beautiful 6x9in hardcover book with
188 pages and 113 color photos.
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Canistropsis -
Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest ©1998 by Elton M.C. Leme The
second of 3 on the revision of Nidularium. Hardbound, 140 pages,
100 color plates, 30 black and white and over 20 illustrations, covering
the genera Canistropsis, Protoregelia and Neoregelia sub.
longipetalopsis.
$59.95 ON SALE!
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Northern Mindanao Bromeliads ©2002 Juanilla Alfonso-Go 400+
beautiful color photos of spectacularly colored bromeliads grown on this
Philippine island. 38 pages.
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BROMELIADS, Next Generation
©2000
Zaghini 54 pages with 600 color photos. Many genera, very little text, 8
x 12in, paper,
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Agaves, Yuccas, and Related
Plants: A Gardener's Guide, Mary and Gary Irish, 384 pp, 100
color photos, 6 x 9in, hardcover, ©2000 Outlining the gardening use of a
many Agaves, Yuccas, and related species. For all with interest in this
diverse and horticulturally important group of plants.
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CAUDICIFORM &
Pachycaul Succulents, Rowley ©1993, The bible for caudex lovers. 10
x 10in hardbound, 282 pages, 400 color photos and informative, often
humorous text covering every aspect of these weird and wonderful plants.
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The Splendid Sansevieria
©2005 B. Juan Chahinian, 178 pages,
numerous color plates, 6 ¾ x 8 ½in, softbound.
A long awaited book that deals with the Sansevieria species and
hybrids,
display,
cultivation, propagation, a key to the species and a complete list of Sansevieria
species. Color photos and detailed descriptions of all plants dealt
with.
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Jewels Of The Jungle: Bromeliaceae Of
Ecuador, Part I - BROMELIOIDEAE ©2000 Jose Manzanares A
treatment of one of the richest bromeliad floras on earth, an incredible
455 species of bromeliads in one of the smallest countries in South
America. 9 x 12 Hardbound, with hundreds of magnificent photos.
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Jewels Of The Jungle: Bromeliaceae Of
Ecuador, Part II - PITCAIRNIOIDEAE ©2005 Jose Manzanares
The much anticipated second part of a planned four part series. A
spectacular look at one of the more obscure bromeliad subfamilies. A
must-have book for any serious bromeliophile. 9 x 12 Hardbound, with
hundreds of magnificent photos.
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Succulents for the
Contemporary Garden By Cave ©2002 Hardcover, 176 pages, 346 color
photos. Descriptions and cultivation information for hundreds of species
and cultivars, will help gardeners choose plants that are best
suited to their design requirements and garden conditions.
$29.95
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Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon:
An Ecotourists Guide by Richard & Patricia Bartlett ©2003 448 pages,
soft cover, hundreds of color photos. A must-have field guide for any
with an interest in herpetology or who travels in the Amazon region.
$29.95 #B57 Qty
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Bananas You Can Grow Waddick & Stokes ©2000 128 pages, soft
cover. Everything a hobby grower of bananas could want to know.
Beautiful color photos of over 60 varieties, both edible and ornamental.
FAQ’s and even recipes!
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Bromeliaceae III
©2002 Francisco Oliva-Esteve A total of 320 bromeliad species from
throughout the Neotropics, representing 29 genera, are described and
pictured. Spectacular habitat photographs set the scene for the plants.
9¾” x 13”. Hard cover. 274 pp. 564 color photos and 18 color and b/w
line drawings.
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The Amazing
Aglaonema ©2002 Brown 140 pages, 200 color photos. Covers
horticulture, taxonomy, pests, and hybridizing.
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NEW!
The Beginner's Guide to
Successfully Growing Tillandsias
©2003 Arthur L Comer,
Jr.8.5 x 5.5in, 10 pages, paperback. A growing guide that offers
need-to-know growing tips for the novice and contains color photographs
and descriptions of 30 varieties of Tillandsias.
$3.95
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BROMELIADS
©2000 Francisco Oliva-Esteve This magnificent volume is a treatment of
hundreds of species representing 47 genera, with over 950 beautiful
color photos, including some of the most dramatic habitat photos ever. A
gorgeous book by any standard, it is a massive 13½ x 10 inches and
nearly an inch and a half thick, weighing in at seven and a half pounds!
The dust cover photo is an eye-popper! A few back in stock,
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Orchid Growing Basics
DVD with Brian the orchid guy. ©2006 Brian Petraska. An instructional DVD
with a hands-on look at orchid culture. Sections include: Blooming, Repotting,
Pests, Fertilizing and much more. The theme is “Orchids are for everyone”, and
this informative and entertaining DVD will give you the grow-how.
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THE ILLUSTRATED
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ORCHIDS, Alec
Pridgeon, ©1992. A beautiful book. Amateur and pro alike will find this
volume infinitely useful. 304 pages, 9½ x 12½ , 1,000 color photos for
easy identification and capsule information that is understandable to
all, only
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Rhythms In The Clouds
DVD ©2006 Mark
Wainright & Alexander Villegas. A DVD about biodiversity and conservation in the
Monteverde region of Costa Rica. Far too complex to describe here, it is nothing
short of ‘eye candy’ for all those interested in plants, animals, conservation
and natural beauty. A treasure to own.
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NEW!
Mountain Plants Of Venezuela,
The Coastal Range, The Andes & Tepuis – BROMELIADS
©2006
This handsome new book by Francisco Oliva-Esteve is richly
color-illustrated and printed on high-quality 150 gram, coated paper
imported from
Finland.
Hardcover, 12½ x 9¾ inches, 340 pages with 1290 color photos. 910
photographs of mountain plants from many families, and 300 photographs
of bromeliads from throughout the Neotropics, some never before
published and many species not found in Oliva-Esteve's previous works.
English. Available in Spanish on special order.
First of a 6-book series of the new world plants,
including bromeliads, beginning with an opening chapter "Origins,
Geology, Flora and Vegetation of the Mountains of the Tropics”, is
followed by text and descriptions of the species accompanied with
spectacular habitats of the mountains of southern Venezuela also known
as Tepuis, belonging to the Guyana Shield or Lost World. This color
illustrated book will be prized by collectors and is now available at a
discount price:
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NEW!
Searching for Miss Fortuna
©2007
Chester Skotak. An intriguing, one-of-a-kind novel inspired by true events. This
bizarre adventure laced with offbeat humor, odd characters, and vivid
descriptions chronicles an obsession with collecting a rare bromeliad and
unfolds mostly in Central America.
383 pages, 5½ x 8½in soft cover.
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