Additional Reading Material
Fertilizer Series by David Mellard
- Part 1: Fertilizer Tips for Growing Orchids in Atlanta(.doc)
- Part 2: Determining Fertilizer Concentration(.doc)
- Part 3: Measuring Fertilizer and pH Levels(.doc)
Orchid Culture and Care
Originally printed in the IPA Journal, Authored by Dr. Bill Argo
- Part 1: Understanding Plant Nutrition
- Part 2: Water Quality
- Part 3: Fertilizers
- Part 4: Substrates
- Part 5: Final
Classification and Showing
A Note on Using the Current Orchid Name By David Mellard and Ron McHatton
Finding Orchid Hybrid Information on the RHS Web Site By Danny Lentz
Mid-America Orchid Classification for Shows
Orchid registration form(.pdf) Orchid registration form(.doc)
Area Orchid Sources
- Marble Branch Farms, Walhalla, SC www.marblebranchfarms.com (864)718-0152
- Atlanta Orchid Company, Conyers, GA www.TheAtlantaOrchidCo.com (770)634-6153
- Peach State Orchids, Woodstock, GA www.peachstateorchids.com (770)751-8770
- Jewell Orchids, Colbert, GA www.jewellorchids.com (706)742-5065
- Many local garden stores including: Home Depot, Lowe's and Pike Family Nurseries
- Atlanta Orchid Society Meetings. There are often people selling plants at our meetings.
- The Atlanta Orchid Show in November has hundreds of orchids for sale.
Links
Everyone has a few websites that have such a wealth of information that you find yourself coming back again and again. Here are a few of ours:
- The Orchid Mall As comprehensive a list of sites as there is.
- Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia (IOSPE) 5564 species in 593 genera, all with pictures and descriptions, wow!
- Kew monocot list for finding species names.
- RHS Orchid Register search page. For finding hybrid parentage information.
- Santa Barbara Orchid Estate The Orchid of the day is great.
- Susan Taylor's Orchid column
If you have an indispensable site that is not included here please email it to John
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