Learn how to grow the most beautiful orchids at home.

From the world-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this book introduces the 60 best orchids to grow at home and teaches you how to cultivate each one. With 12 easy and inspiring projects and beautiful botanical illustrations, this is part of the best-selling series of Kew Gardeners Guides, now available in paperback. 

This inspirational book from Kew's orchid experts reveals the easiest, most attractive and most popular plants to grow today. 

Orchids come from the second largest plant family (with 28,000 members) and have a reputation for diversity and trickiness – but Kew expert Philip Seaton chooses 60 of the best species to become permanent and happy members of your home.

Supported by 12 projects and easy to follow practical advice, Philip shows how to welcome new plants, to revive their flagging spirits as well as their basic care and cultivation. He shows how to produce and train flowers, to collect and sow their seed, and how to plant and display them in a terrarium, or on bark or in a basket. 

Find out when to water them, how to repot them and the ideal room and conditions that each orchid needs to thrive. The combination of botanical beauty and practical advice will inspire beginners and experienced growers to grow new species in many different ways.

Underpinned by the authority of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the expertise of Philip Seton, this book combines practical elements with inspiration and beauty. 

This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles available: Guide to Growing House Plants, Guide to Growing Herbs, Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Fruit, Guide to Growing Vegetables, Guide to Growing Roses, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents, Guide to Growing Perennials, Guide to Growing Shrubs, Guide to Growing Alpines.