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.

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INTRODUCTION TO GROWING ORCHIDS

PLANTS
Angraecum magdalenae
Tulip orchid
Barkeria spectabilis
Hyacinth orchid

PROJECT 1: CREATING AN ORCHID MINI-MEADOW
Brassavola perrinii
Spider orchid
Bulbophyllum comosum
Bulbophyllum echinolabium

PROJECT 2: GROWING TROPICAL ORCHIDS FROM A FLASK OF SEEDLINGS
Evergreen calanthe
Tropical calanthe
Cambria
Cattleya cernua
Cattleya trianae

PROJECT 3: COMPANION PLANTING ON A WINDOWSILL
Coelia bella
Coelogyne cristata
Cuitlauzina pendula
Cymbidium lowianum

PROJECT 4: REPOTTING A CYMBIDIUM
Showy orchid
Dancing lady

PROJECT 5: REPOTTING A CYPRIPEDIUM
Cyrtochilum macranthum
Common spotted orchid

PROJECT 6: GROWING A DACTYLORHIZA FROM SEED
Dendrobium bigibbum
Dendrobium cuthbertsonii
Dendrobium kingianum
Noble orchid
Dendrobium speciosum
Pride of Table Mountain
Vampire orchid
Chatterbox orchid
Guaria morada
Habenaria medusa

PROJECT 7: GROWING ORCHIDS IN A BASKET
Laelia anceps
Lepanthes calodictyon
Leptotes bicolor
Jewel orchid
Lycaste aromatica
Masdevallia hybrids
Masdevallia rosea
Maxillaria tenuifolia

PROJECT 8: MOUNTING ORCHIDS ON BARK
Pansy orchid
Columbian pink pansy orchid
Princess Alexandra’s oncidium
Oncidium ornithorhynchum
Bee orchid
Asian slipper orchid

PROJECT 9: TRAINING FLOWER SPIKES
Moth orchid
Phalaenopsis schilleriana
South American slipper orchid

PROJECT 10: MAKING A CORSAGE
Pleione formosana
Cockleshell orchid
Butterfly orchid
Blunt greenhood
Restrepia striata
Foxtail orchid

PROJECT 11: PLANTING UP A TERRARIUM
Sarcochilus hartmannii
Sobralia macrantha
Stanhopea tigrina
Stelis emarginata
Stenoglottis fimbriata
Vanda ampullacea

PROJECT 12: POLLINATING ORCHIDS
Blue vanda
Wind orchid
Vanilla orchid
Zygopetalum mackayi

Where to see orchids
Orchid conservation
Troubleshooting
What to do when
Index
Acknowledgments