VANDAS AND ASCOCENDAS

and Their Combinations With Other Genera

Recommended Source:

Table of contents:

PREFACE.......................................9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.............................13

PART ONE. THE SPECIES AND THEIR HYBRIDS

1  THE VANDA SPECIES
   Origin and Composition of the Genus.......19
   Description of Vanda Species..............22
2  THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF CHROMOSOMES AND GENES
   The Purpose and Process
      of Cellular Creation...................38
   Some Practical Conclusions................45
3  THE SPECIES ANCESTRY OF VANDA HYBRIDS
   The Determinants of Hybrid Ancestry.......48
   Traits of Vanda sanderiana
      and Vanda coerulia.....................50
   The Contributions of Other Species........53
   The International Record
      of Vanda Hybrids.......................55
4  CRITERIA OF VANDA FLOWER QUALITY
   The Need for Standards....................71
   Judging Systems...........................72
   The Criteria for Judging..................74
5  ASCOCENTRUMS AND ASCOCENDAS
   Origin and Composition
      of the Genus Ascocentrum...............87
   Origin and Importance
      of the Genus Ascocenda.................93
   The Ascocentrum Species Used in
      Making Ascocendas......................94
   The Lineage of the Award Winners..........95
   The Characteristics of
      Awarded Ascocendas.....................97
6  OTHER INTERGENERIC COMBINATIONS WITH VANDA
   Introduction..............................99
   Combinations with Papilionanthe
      and Holcoglossom......................103
   Some Combinations with Arachnis..........104
   Some Combinations with Aerides...........109
   Some Combinations with Rhynchostylis.....114
   Some Combinations with Renanthera........121
   Some Combinations with
      Paraphalaenopsis and Phalaenopsis.....125
   Some Combinations with Neofinetia........131
   Some Combinations with Vandopsis.........132
   Conclusion...............................134

PART TWO. PLANT SELECTION AND CARE

7  A GUIDE TO BUYING SEEDLINGS
   General Considerations...................137
   Ancestry of Seedlings....................140
8  PROVIDING THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT
   Environment Versus Cultural Practices....143
   Basic Environmental Requirements.........145
   Light....................................147
   Temperature..............................160
   Watering and Humidity....................168
   Air Circulation..........................173
9  NUTRITION AND OTHER ASPECTS OF PLANT CARE
   General Principles.......................176
   Regimens for Proper Nutrition............178
   Water Quality............................184
   Containers and Potting Media.............188
   Growing Small Seedlings..................193
   Topping..................................195
   Pests and Diseases.......................196
   Treatment of Stressed Plants.............203

APPENDICES

A  A GUIDE TO ORCHID CLASSIFICATION
      AND NOMENCLATURE......................207
B  CHRISTENSON'S LIST OF THE GENUS VANDA....214
C  SCORE SHEET OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID
      SOCIETY FOR JUDGING FLOWER QUALITY
      OF VANDAS.............................218
D  REGISTERED INTERGENERIC COMBINATIONS
      WITH STRAP-LEAF VANDAS................219
BIBLIOGRAPHY................................223

INDICES

BOTANICAL NAMES.............................229
BIOGRAPHICAL NAMES..........................236
SUBJECT.....................................238