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BOOKS ................................................................................................................ AUTHOR
North American Native Terrestrial Orchids – Propagation and .................. Allen
Production
Orchids ................................................................................................................. Allikas & Nash
The American Orchid Society Celebrates Its Diamond Jubilee – A
Review of the First 75 Years (1921 – 1996) .................................................... AOS
Studies in the Family of Orchidaceae, Volumes 1 – 7 .................................... Ames
Orchids of Guatemala, Volumes 1 – 2 ............................................................. Ames & Correll
Genus Epidendrum in the U.S. and Middle America ..................................... Ames & Hubbard
Orchids ................................................................................................................. Appell & Kane
Slipper Orchids of Vietnam ................................................................................ Averyanov
Orchid Species Culture – Dendrobium ............................................................ Baker & Baker
Orchid Species Culture – Pescatorea, Phaius, Phalaenopsis, Pholidota,
Phragmipedium, Pleione ................................................................................... Baker & Baker
Growing Orchids ................................................................................................. Banks
The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species, 3 rd Edition .................................. Bechtel & Cribb
The Tropical Asiatic Slipper Orchids (Genus Paphiopedilum) .................... Bennett
The Paphiopedilum Grower’s Manual (2 copies) ........................................... Birk
Beautiful Orchids ................................................................................................ Black
Orchid Growing, 2 nd Edition ............................................................................... Black & Rittershausen
Greenhouse Gardening for Fun ........................................................................ Blake
Your First Orchids and How to Grow Them ................................................... Blowers & Moon
Growing Cymbidium Orchids and Other Flowers (The Story of
El Rancho Rinconada) ...................................................................................... Boyle
Botanica’s Orchids ............................................................................................. Botanica Series
The Genus Paphiopedilum (Natural History and Cultivation)
Volumes 1 – 2 .................................................................................................... Braem & Baker
Botany for Gardeners, An Introduction and Guide ....................................... Capon
Miltoniopsis Culture .......................................................................................... Carlson
The Slipper Orchids ............................................................................................ Cash
Pictorial Encyclopedia of Oncidium ................................................................. Chase, Ed.
Phalaenopsis, A Monograph ............................................................................ Christenson
Orchids of the Philippines ................................................................................. Cootes
Native Orchids of North America ..................................................................... Correll
Orchids of Guatemala and British Honduras (supplement) .......................... Correll
Orchids Are Easy to Grow (2 copies) .............................................................. Cosper & Logan
The Antelope and “Latourea” Dendrobiums (a revision) ............................ Cribb
The Genus Cypripedium .................................................................................... Cribb
The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2 nd Edition ............................................................ Cribb
Slipper Orchids of Borneo ................................................................................. Cribb
Hardy Orchids (For the Garden and Frost-free Greenhouse) ....................... Cribb & Bailes
The Genus Pleione, 2 nd Edition ......................................................................... Cribb & Butterfield
Orchids (Their Description and Cultivation) .................................................. Curtis
Flora of India – Genus Coelogyne (2 copies) ................................................. Das & Jain
Native Ecuadorian Orchids ............................................................................... Dodson & Escobar
Vol. I: AA – Dracula
Vol. II: Dresslerella – Lapanthes
Vol. III: Lepanthopsis - Oliveriana
Vol. IV: Oncidium – Restrepiopsis
The Biology of the Orchids ............................................................................... Dodson & Gillespie
The Orchids – Natural History and Classification ......................................... Dressler
The Genus Encyclia in Mexico ......................................................................... Dressler & Pollard
Introduction to the World of Orchids ............................................................. Dunsterville
Orchid Hunting in the Lost World (and Elsewhere in Venezuela) .............. Dunsterville
Venezuelan Orchids, Illustrated, Volumes 1 – 4 ............................................. Dunsterville & Garay
Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Orchids ............................................................. Fanfani
The Impressionist Garden ................................................................................. Fell
Renoir’s Garden .................................................................................................. Fell
Orchids for Home and Garden (2 copies) ........................................................ Fennell
Garden Photography ( Brooklyn Botanic Garden) (2 copies) ....................... Fitch, et al
Orchid Photography ........................................................................................... Fitch
Growing Orchids under Lights (AOS 2002 rev. Ed.) (2 copies) ................... Fitch
Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Varieties .................................. Fowlie
The Genus Lycaste ............................................................................................. Fowlie
Orchidaceae in Flora of the Presidency of Madras ....................................... Gamble
Orchids Are Easy – Beginner’s Guide to Their Care and Cultivation ........ Gilland
Greenhouses (Sunset Book) ............................................................................. Gilseman
Culture of the Phalaenopsis Orchid, 2 nd Ed. .................................................... Gordon
Phalaenopsis Culture: a Worldwide Survey ................................................... Gordon
Orchid Seedling Care (with Special Emphasis on Water Quality) ............... Gordon
Handbook on Orchid Nomenclature & Registration, 4 th Ed. ........................ Greatwood, et al
The Astonishing Stanhopeas ........................................................................... Greer
Vandas & Ascocendas (and Their Combinations with Other Genera) ....... Grove
Cymbidiums ......................................................................................................... Guest, et al
More Cymbidiums .............................................................................................. Guest, et al
I’ve Got Spikes (Guide to Flowering & Enjoying Cymbidium Orchids) ..... Guest, et al
Wild Orchids of the Middle Atlantic States ................................................... Gupton & Swope
How to Grow Aeroids, Bromeliads, Orchids, etc. .......................................... Gutierrez
American Cattleyas: Species and Clones that Define American
Hybridizing ........................................................................................................ Hackney
American Cattleyas: Species and Outstanding Clones ................................ Hackney
When Does It Flower? (Blooming Months of 3,500 Species) ...................... Hamilton
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids ................................................................ Hawkes
The Slipper Orchids ............................................................................................ Hennessy & Hedge
An Annotated Checklist of the Genus Dracula ............................................. Hermans
A Culture Manual for Aerangis (3 copies) ..................................................... Hillerman
A Culture Manual for Angraecoid Orchid Growers, 2 nd Ed. (2 copies) ....... Hillerman
Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoids of Madagascar ...................... Hillerman & Holst
Flora Brasilica: Fascicles 1 (1940), 5 (1942), 8 (1945), 10 (1953)
(in Portuguese) ................................................................................................. Hoehne
World of Catasetums ......................................................................................... Holst
Flora of Malaya (Volume 1 – Orchids) ............................................................. Holttum
Native Orchids of Taiwan .................................................................................. Horng-Jye Su
Quality Cattleyas in Color ( South Taiwan Orchids) ...................................... Hsiung Hsu
The Orchid ........................................................................................................... Hunt
The Country Life Book of Orchids ................................................................... Hunt & Grierson
What Pest Is That? (Garden Pests: How to Identify & Control Them) ...... Hutchison
Quality Stream Cattleyas (Color photos captioned in Japanese &
English) .............................................................................................................. Japan Orchid Growers
Orchids Simplified – An Indoor Gardening Guide ......................................... Jaworski
Handbook on Orchids (Brooklyn Botanic Gardens) (2 copies) ................... Jesup & Withner
Intriguing Masdevallias ..................................................................................... Kelleher
Paphiopedilums (Special Reprint from Vol. 64 (4) of Orchid Digest) .......... Koopowitz, et al
Growing Orchids at Your Window ................................................................... Kramer
Miniature Orchids to Grow and Show ............................................................. Kramer & Crafton
Your Homemade Greenhouse (and How to Build It) ..................................... Kramer
The World Wildlife Fund Book of Orchids .................................................... Kramer
Orchid Basics ...................................................................................................... la Croix
A Book for Orchid Lovers ................................................................................. Lambert, et al
Dendrobium and Its Relatives .......................................................................... Lavarack, et al
A Dictionary of Botany ..................................................................................... Little & Jones
Folia Orchidacea – an Enumeration of the Known Species of Orchids
(Volume 1) .......................................................................................................... Lindley
Easy Orchids ....................................................................................................... Luebberman
The Native Orchids of Florida (2 copies) ........................................................ Luer
The Native Orchids of the U.S. and Canada ................................................... Luer
Cool Flowering Orchids Throughout the Year ............................................... MacDonald
More Flowering Orchids Throughout the Year ............................................. MacDonald
100 Orchids for the American Gardener .......................................................... McDonald
Orchids of Brazil .................................................................................................. McQueen
Cattleya Labiates Autumnalis ........................................................................... Menezes
Orchids of Papua New Guinea .......................................................................... Millar
The Odontoglossum Compendium (16 th World Orchid Congress) ............. Miller, Ed.
Laelinae Intergenerics ........................................................................................ Moir & Moir
Variegata Oncidiums .......................................................................................... Moir & Moir
Vandas .................................................................................................................. Motes
Australian orchids .............................................................................................. Mullins & Martin
Miniature Orchids of Japan and China ............................................................ Nagano
Growing Phalaenopsis at Home ........................................................................ Neal
As Lycopodiaceas (club mosses) do Brazil (in Portuguese) ....................... Nessel
Orchids of Australia ........................................................................................... Nicholls
You Can Grow Orchids, 5 th Ed. .......................................................................... Noble
You Can Grow Cattleya Orchids ....................................................................... Noble
You Can Grow Phalaenopsis Orchids, Revised Ed. II ................................... Noble
Home Orchid Growing, 4 th Ed. ........................................................................... Northen
Orchids as House Plants, 2 nd Revised Ed. ....................................................... Northen
Miniature Orchids and How to Grow Them .................................................... Northen
Orchideen (in the Dutch language) .................................................................. Odijk
Ortho’s All About Greenhouses ...................................................................... Ortho Series
Ortho’s All About Orchids ............................................................................... Ortho Series
Orchids and Ecology in Columbia – to the Rescue of Paradise .................. Ospina
Handbook on Judging & Exhibition (AOS), 10 th Ed. ..................................... Parker, et al
Orchids of Costa Rica ........................................................................................ Perez
Orchids of East Africa ........................................................................................ Piers
Oakes Ames – Jottings of a Harvard Botanist ............................................... Plimpton, Ed.
Indian Orchids: Guide to Identification & Culture, Volumes I & II ............. Pradhan
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids ................................................................ Pridgeon
Genera Orchidacearum, Vol. 1: General Introduction, Apostasioideae,
Cypripedioideae ................................................................................................ Pridgeon, et al
Genera Orchidacearum, Vol. 2: Orchidoideae (Part I) .................................... Pridgeon, et al
Orchids of India .................................................................................................. Rao
The Enchantment of Paphiopedilums .............................................................. Ratcliffe
Growing Orchids – Cymbidiums & Slippers ................................................... Rentoul
Growing Orchids – Book II, Cattleyas & Other Epiphytes ........................... Rentoul
Orchid Corsages and Leis (2 copies) ............................................................... Reusch
Corsage Craft ....................................................................................................... Reusch & Noble
A Masdevallia Cultural Guide (2 copies) ........................................................ Rhodehamel
The Orchid World (2 copies) ............................................................................ Richter
Orchids as Indoor Plants ................................................................................... Rittershausen
Orchids, the Complete Grower’s Guide ........................................................... Rittershausen
The Practical Encyclopedia of Orchids ........................................................... Rittershausen
Orchidaceae in Flora of Tropical Africa .......................................................... Rolfe
Sander’s Orchid Guide to Species, Varieties and Natural Hybrids
(1927 Revised Ed.) (2 copies) ......................................................................... Sanders
Sander’s Complete List of Orchid Hybrids (1946) (2 copies) ....................... Sanders
Sander’s One-Table List of Orchid Hybrids (1946-1960) (2 copies) ............ Sanders
Volume 1 – Cool to Intermediate Culture
Volume 2 – Intermediate to Warm Culture
Sander’s List of Orchid Hybrids, Addendum 1961-1970 (2 copies) ............ RHS
Sander’s List of Orchid Hybrids, Addendum 1971-1975 (2 copies) ............ RHS
Sander’s List of Orchid Hybrids, Addendum 1976-1980 .............................. RHS
Sander’s List of Orchid Hybrids, Addendum 1981-1985 .............................. RHS
Sander’s List of Orchid Hybrids, Addendum 1986-1990 .............................. RHS
Sander’s List of Orchid Hybrids, Addendum 1991-1995 .............................. RHS
Sander’s List of Orchid Hybrids, Addendum 1996-1998 .............................. RHS
An Introduction to Orchids – A guide to the Growing & Breeding
of Orchids .......................................................................................................... Sauleda
Orchid Growing Basics ...................................................................................... Schoser
The Orchids of Thailand .................................................................................... Seidenfaden, et al
Orchids and How to Grow Them (2 copies) .................................................... Sessler
The Ultimate Orchid ........................................................................................... Sheehan
Orchids – A Golden Guide, Revised Ed. ......................................................... Shuttleworth
Time-Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Orchids (2 copies) ......................... Skelsey
Bulbophyllums & Their Allies – A Grower’s Guide ...................................... Siegerist
The Private Lives of Orchids ............................................................................ Simon
Orchids, Revised Ed. .......................................................................................... Stewart
Manual of Orchids .............................................................................................. Stewart & Griffiths
Orchids of Africa ................................................................................................ Stewart & Hennessy
Wild Orchids of Southern Africa ..................................................................... Stewart, et al
Orchids of Kenya ................................................................................................ Stewart
Orchids – How to Grow in Greenhouse or Garden ........................................ Sunset Books
The Genus Phalaenopsis ................................................................................... Sweet
First Symposium on Scientific Aspects of Orchids (1974) ........................... Szmant & Wemple
Paphiopedilums in Taiwan (Chinese text; color photos with
English titles) ..................................................................................................... Taiwan Paph. Society
Orchids from Seed .............................................................................................. Thompson
Growing Classic Orchids ................................................................................... Tibbs & Bilton
Orchids, Their Pollination & Evolution ........................................................... Van der Piji & Dodson
Manual of Orchidaceous Plants (2 sets) ......................................................... Veitch
Vol. 1 Epidendreae
Vol. 2 Vandeae – Cypripedieae
A Survey of the Slipper Orchids ...................................................................... Waters & Waters
Growing Orchids (AOS) – 2002 Revised Ed. .................................................. Watson
Orchid Pests and Diseases (AOS) – 2002 Revised Ed. (2 copies) ............... Watson
Taylor’s Guide to Orchids ................................................................................. White
The Orchid Grower’s Manual ........................................................................... Williams
Orchids for Everyone (2 copies) ....................................................................... Williams
Field Guide to Orchids in North America ........................................................ Williams & Williams
The Orchids – A Scientific Survey .................................................................. Withner
The Cattleyas and Their Relatives – A Book in Six Parts ............................. Withner
Vol. I: The Cattleyas
Vol. II: The Laelias
Vol. III: Schomburgkia, Sophrinitis, and Other South American Genera
Vol. IV: The Bahamian and Caribbean Species
Vol. V: Brassavola, Encyclia, and Other Genera of Mexico and Central America
Vol. VI: South American Encyclia Species
Orchid Growing for Wimps ............................................................................... Zachos
MISC.
Miniature Cattleyas (in Japanese and English languages; color photos with English titles)
Orchids (in Japanese; color photos with English titles)
Proceedings of the 3 rd World Orchid Conference in London – 1960
Proceedings of the 4 th World Orchid Conference in Singapore – 1963
Proceedings of the 5 th World Orchid Conference in California – 1966
Proceedings of the 6 th World Orchid Conference in Australia – 1969
Proceedings of the 7 th World Orchid Conference in Columbia – 1972
Proceedings of the 8 th World Orchid Conference in Germany – 1975
Proceedings of the 11 th World Orchid Conference in Florida – 1984
VIDEOS
American Orchid Society – Growing Into the Millennium ........................... AOS
Anyone Can Grow Orchids – Even You ......................................................... Conklin
Growing Orchids Under Lights ......................................................................... AOS
Growing Orchids Under Lights with Bob Webster ....................................... AOS
Orchid Pests and Diseases with Bob Webster .............................................. AOS
Orchids Are for Everyone ................................................................................. Chadwick
The Many Worlds of Orchids (2 copies) ........................................................ AOS
Potting and Mounting Orchids – Cool Temperatures .................................. AOS
Potting and Mounting Orchids – Warm and Intermediate ........................... AOS
PERIODICALS
Orchids – AOS monthly magazine (formerly called AOS Bulletin)
1949-1973; 1975-1979; bound yearly
1980 through the present; semi-bound yearly
Cumulative Index: Volumes 1-63 (1932-1994)
Part I: General Index (titles, subjects, and plant names)
PART II: Authors and Illustrations Indices
Orchid Digest (quarterly publication) – 1999 to present
Awards Quarterly – 1970 through the present (some issues missing)
Cumulative Index to the Awards Quarterly: Volumes 1-25 (1970-1994)