Philip Seaton is an expert orchid grower, conservationist and lecturer and author of three books on the subject with Kew publishing. He is Secretary of the Orchid Specialist Group (OSG) and an honorary Research Assistant at Kew. At Kidderminster College, Philip lectures on seed growing techniques both in the UK and Latin America, and has co-authored landmark scientific papers on the subject.KEW ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS has built a global resource for medicinal plant names that enables health professionals and researchers to access information about plants and plant products relevant to pharmacological research, health regulation, traditional medicine and functional foods.

• INTRODUCTION TO GROWING ORCHIDS  PLANTSAngraecum magdalenaeTulip orchidBarkeria spectabilisHyacinth orchid  PROJECT 1: CREATING AN ORCHID MINI-MEADOWBrassavola perriniiSpider orchidBulbophyllum comosumBulbophyllum echinolabium  PROJECT 2: GROWING TROPICAL ORCHIDS FROM A FLASK OF SEEDLINGSEvergreen calantheTropical calantheCambriaCattleya cernuaCattleya trianae  PROJECT 3: COMPANION PLANTING ON A WINDOWSILLCoelia bellaCoelogyne cristataCuitlauzina pendulaCymbidium lowianum  PROJECT 4: REPOTTING A CYMBIDIUMShowy orchidDancing lady  PROJECT 5: REPOTTING A CYPRIPEDIUMCyrtochilum macranthumCommon spotted orchid  PROJECT 6: GROWING A DACTYLORHIZA FROM SEEDDendrobium bigibbumDendrobium cuthbertsoniiDendrobium kingianumNoble orchidDendrobium speciosumPride of Table MountainVampire orchidChatterbox orchidGuaria moradaHabenaria medusa  PROJECT 7: GROWING ORCHIDS IN A BASKETLaelia ancepsLepanthes calodictyonLeptotes bicolorJewel orchidLycaste aromaticaMasdevallia hybridsMasdevallia roseaMaxillaria tenuifolia  PROJECT 8: MOUNTING ORCHIDS ON BARKPansy orchidColumbian pink pansy orchidPrincess Alexandra’s oncidiumOncidium ornithorhynchumBee orchidAsian slipper orchid  PROJECT 9: TRAINING FLOWER SPIKESMoth orchidPhalaenopsis schillerianaSouth American slipper orchid  PROJECT 10: MAKING A CORSAGEPleione formosanaCockleshell orchidButterfly orchidBlunt greenhoodRestrepia striataFoxtail orchid  PROJECT 11: PLANTING UP A TERRARIUMSarcochilus hartmanniiSobralia macranthaStanhopea tigrinaStelis emarginataStenoglottis fimbriataVanda ampullacea  PROJECT 12: POLLINATING ORCHIDSBlue vandaWind orchidVanilla orchidZygopetalum mackayi  Where to see orchidsOrchid conservationTroubleshootingWhat to do whenIndexAcknowledgments

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