Here are some care sheets:
Care for Newly Purchased Plants
AOS Care sheets: (Be sure to check if the species needs different care from what's on the sheet)
You can also visit our blog to see some helpful articles on orchids.
Suggested Books on Orchids:
- Understanding Orchids - by William Cullina - This is the new basic guide we've all been longing for - Congratulations for a job well done, and thank you!
- Masdevallias; Gems of the Orchid World - Mary E. Gerritsen and Ron Parsons - Timber Press
- All About Growing Orchids - Ortho Books, San Ramon, CA 94583
- Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids - Alex Hawkes, Faber and Faber Limited, London.
- Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids - Hillerman and Holst, Timber Press.
- Exotica - Alfred Graff, Roehrs Company, Inc.
- Home Orchid Growing - Rebecca Tyson Northen, Simon & Schuster.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids - Alec Pridgeon, Timber Press.
- The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species - Bechtel, Cribb and Launert, the MIT Press.
- A Masdevallia Cultural Guide - William Ames Rhodehamel, Indianapolis, IN.
- Miniature Orchids - Jim and Barbara McQueen, Timber Press.
- Miniature Orchids - Rebecca Tyson Northen, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.
- Native Colombian Orchids - Colombian Orchid Society, Compañía Litografica Nacional, S.A.
- Native Ecuadorian Orchids - Calaway H. Dodson, Rodrigo Escobar R., Compañía Litografica Nacional, S.A.
- Orchids of Venezuela - Dunsterville and Garay, Botanical Museum of Harvard University.
- Thesaurus Dracularum - Carlyle A. Luer, Missouri Botanical Gardens.
- Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family - Robert Dressler, Dioscondes Press.
- Thesaurus Masdevalliarum - Carlyle A. Luer, Verlag Helga Koniger, Munich.
- A Treasure of Masdevallia - Carlyle A. Luer, Missouri Botanical Garden.
Online Bookstores
Good Orchid Periodicals
- Orchids Magazine - The monthly magazine of the American Orchid Society
- Orchid Digest - A publication devoted to orchid growing enthusiasts
- The Orchid Review - A publication of the Royal Horticultural Society