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OSM Library List

Updated 03/2022

The following titles are part of the OSM library and most are available for check out by current OSM members. A small number of books will be brought to regular monthly OSM meetings for inspection and check out. Additionally, a note may be sent to Becky Kelly (b1fish2@hotmail.com) or Becky Peterson (gardenmom1123@aol.com) requesting a call number and book title to be brought to the next meeting for check out. You will receive a reply note indicating if the book will be available. Books and videos may be checked out for about one month–until the following OSM meeting.

BOOKS
NumberTitleAuthorCopyrightPages
1919th World Orchid Conference, TheWOC2008504
20100 Orchids for the American Gardener(M)Elvin McDonald1998247
30AerangisIsobyl La Croix2014200
40All About Growing OrchidsOrtho198896
50All About OrchidsOrtho199996
60American Orchid CultureEdward A. White1947276
70American Orchid Society Celebrates itsDowns Matthews, Editor1996112
Diamond Jubilee, The
100Angraecoid OrchidsStewart, Hermans, Campbell2006431
110An Introduction to OrchidsSouth Florida Orchid Society1997104
120Beautiful OrchidsPeter McKenzie Black1973128
130Beautiful Thai Orchid SpeciesKamemoto & Sagarik1975186
140Biology of The Orchids, TheDodson & Gillespie1967157
150Bloom-Again OrchidsJudy White2009132
160Book of Orchids, AWithner198880
170Botanical Orchids and How to Grow ThemJack Kramer1998222
180Breeding Variegata OncidiumsMoir & Moir1980122
190Bulbophyllums The Incomplete GuideBill Thoms2009241
From A to Why?
195Bulbophyllums and Their Allies  (M)Siegerist2001252
200Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol. 1, TheWithner1988147
210Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol. 2, TheWithner1990154
220Classic Cattleyas, The  (M)Chadwick2006252
230Complete Guide to OrchidsOrtho Books2005224
240Creating Oncidiinae IntergenericsMoir & Moir198295
250Culture of the Phalaenopsis OrchidsBob Gordon1990188
260Culture Manual for Angraecoid Orchid
Growers, A
Hillerman199247
270Dendrobiums and Its RelativesLavarack2000288
280Dendrochilum of Borneo (M)Jeffrey J. Wood2001371
300Enchantment of Paphiopedilums, TheEdna Ratcliffe1977101
310Encyclopaedia of Cultivated OrchidsAlex D. Hawkes1965602
330Exotic OrchidsWilma Rittershausen198996
340Field Guide to Orchids of North AmericaWilliams & Williams1983143
350Field Guide to the Orchids of Northern
South Africa and Swaziland
McMurtry et al2008482
360Florida Vanda Growing Month by MonthMartin Motes2010225
370Four Seasons of OrchidsAllikas & Nash2007256
380Fragrant OrchidsFrowine2005200
390From the Hand of God to the MiraclesMilton Carpenter2012217
of Orchids
400Genus Encyclia in Mexico, TheDressler & Pollard1974171
410Genus Paphiopedilum, ThePhillip Cribb1987222
420Growing & Displaying Orchids, A Step byRittershausen, Oakey & Oakey1993124
430Step Guide        (M)
Growing Orchids At Your Windows
Jack Kramer1972148
440Growing Orchids The Complete PracticalBrian & Wilma Rittershausen2003256
Guide to Orchids and Their Cultivation
450Growing OrchidsAmerican Orchid Society1993106
460Growing Orchids Under LightsCharles Garden Fitch199778
470Growing Windowsill OrchidsPhilip Seaton201060
480Guide to Orchids of the World, A  (M)Hodgson, Paine & Anderson1991236
500Handbook on Orchid CultureAmerican Orchid Society198862
510Handbook on Orchid PhotographyAmerican Orchid Society198084
520Hardy Orchids, Orchids for the Garden andPhillip Cribb and Christopher Bale1989162
530History of the Orchid, AMerle A. Reinikka1995324
540Hothouse Orchid (F)Stuart Woods2009294
550Huntleyas and Related OrchidsPatricia A. Harding2008260
560Home Orchid Growing 3rd EditionRebecca Tyson Northen1970374
565Home Orchid Growing 4th EditionRebecca Tyson Northen1990376
570Illustrated Dictionary of Orchid GeneraAldrich & Higgins2008481
580The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids, The
Pridgeon2006304
585Illustrated Treasury of Orchids, AnFrank J. Anderson1979104
590Introducing OrchidsRittershausen2002128
595Introduction to the World of OrchidsDunsterville1964103
600Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species, TheBechtel, Cribb, Launert1981444
610Manual of OrchidsThe Royal Horticultural Society1995388
620Masdevallias Gems of the Orchid WorldGerritsen & Parsons2005299
630Maxillaria An Unfinished Monograph Vol.1Christenson20131-488
640Maxillaria An Unfinished Monograph Vol. 2Christenson2013489-938
650Miniature OrchidsRebecca Tyson Northen1980189
660Miniature Orchids    (M)Jim & Barbara McQueen1992192
670Miniature OrchidsSteven A. Frowine2007264
680Missouri OrchidsBill Summers198792
690Moth Orchids, The Complete GuideSteven A. Frowine2008204
to Phalaenopsis
700Native Orchids of North AmericaDonovan Stewart Correll1978400
North of Mexico
710Native Orchids of the US and CanadaCarlyle A. Luer1975361
Excluding Florida
720New Grower’s Guide to Orchids, TheGordon Heaps197546
730New Orchid Doctor, TheRobert M. Hamilton1988129
740Odontoglossum Compendium,TheJohn Miller1999200
750Orchidaceae of Mexico, TheL. O. Williams1965321
760Orchidaceae Stelis Swartz CompendiumOscar Duque2008464
770Orchid Care, A Guide to CultivationWalter Richter1972212
and Breeding
780Orchid Care and CultivationLeroy-Terquem & Parisot1991200
790Orchid Fever  (F)Eric Hansen2000272
800Orchid Flowers, Their Pollination and EvolutionVan der Pijl & Dodson1966214
810Orchid Genera IllustratedTom & Marion Sheehan1979207
820Orchid Growers Handbook, TheI D James1988112
830Orchid Growers Manual, TheB.S. & H. Williams1961796
840Orchid Growing BasicsGustav Schoser1993128
845Orchid Growing IllustratedRittershausen1985159
850Orchid Hunting in the Lost WorldG & E Dunsterville1988280
(And Elsewhere in Venezuela)
860Orchid in Lore and Legend, TheLuigi Berliocchi2000184,000
870Orchid Pests and DiseasesAmerican Orchid Society1995118
880Orchid PhotographyCharles Marsden Fitch AOS199596
890Orchid Source DirectoryAmerican Orchid SocietyLatest140
900Orchid Territory a comic novel (F)Mary Motes2005314
910Orchid Species Culture—DendrobiumMargaret & Charles Baker1996852
920Orchid Species Culture-Margaret & Charles Baker2006992
Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance
930Orchid, TheP. Francis Hunt1978207
940Orchid, The Wild SpeciesTakashi Kijima1978208
950Orchid Thief, The       (F)Susan Orlean1998284
960Orchid World, TheWalter Richter1965291
970Orchids 56 Plates in ColourJ. Oplt & J. Kaplicka1970140
980OrchidsPeter Arnold1994120
990OrchidsLecoufle & Rose1957112
1000OrchidsThe Royal Horticultural Society198764
1010OrchidsJohn R. Dunmire, Sunset Books1991112
1020OrchidsAlice Skelsky/Time Life Books1978159
1030Orchids A Practical HandbookBrian & Wilma Rittershausen2002256
1035Orchids A Scientific Survey, TheCarl L. Withner1959648
1040Orchids A Splendid ObsessionWilma & Brian Rittershausen1999224
1050Orchids And SerendipityHugo Freed1970184
1060Orchids and their CultivationDavid Sander1969167
1070Orchids An Illustrated Identifier andMike Tibbs & Ray Bilton199096
Guide to Cultivation
1080Orchids Are Easy To GrowLogan & Cosper1960312
1090Orchids As House PlantsRebecca Tyson Northen1976148
1100Orchids Commemorating the GoldenDr. Teoh Eng Soon, M.D.1978104
Anniversary of the Orchid Society
of South East Asia
1110Orchids Flowers of Mystery and RomanceJack Kramer1975310
1120Orchids For EveryoneBrian Williams1984208
1130Orchids For Home and GardenFennell1968160
1140Orchids For the Home and GreenhouseBrooklyn Botanic Garden199088
1160Orchids In Retrospect (Collection of Essays)Oakes Ames1979172
1170Orchids (Kew Gardening Guides)Joyce Stewart1998124
1180Orchids Natural History and Classification, TheRobert L Dressler1981332
1190Orchids of BrazilBaptista/Harding/Neto2011224
1200Orchids of Manitoba A Field GuideDoris Ames et al2005157
1210Orchids of MinnesotaWelby R. Smith1993172
1220Orchids of Papua New GuineaAndree Millar1978101
1230Orchids of the Western Great Lakes RegionFrederick W. Case Jr.1987252
1240Orchids of the Western Great Lakes RegionFrederick W. Case Jr.1964147
1250Orchids of Tropical AfricaStuart & Campbell1970116
1260Orchids Simplified An Indoor Gardening GuideHenry Jaworski1992147
1270Orchids, The Color Nature LibraryPeter Taylor197950
1280Orchids The Complete Grower’s GuideRittershausen2001222
1290Orchids, The International Book ofP. Francis Hunt1979173
1300Orchids, The Practical Encyclopedia ofRittershausen2007256
1320Orchids, Time-Life Encyclopedia of GardeningAlice Skelsky1978160
1340Orchids You Can GrowLogan1971200
1400Paphiopedilum Grower’s Manual, TheLance A. Birk2004282
1410Phalaenopsis A MonographEric A. Christenson2001330
1420Popular OrchidsBrian & Wilma Rittershausen1970240
1430Private Lives of Orchids, TheHilda Simon1975160
1500Robert’s Road~Chronicle of an OrchidFlora Murphy2007107
Tradition
1510Rose’s Kiss A Natural History of Flowers, ThePeter Bernhardt1999268
1600Simon & Schuester’s Guide to OrchidsEdited by Stanley Schuler1988256
1610Slipper Orchids, TheCatherine Cash1991228
1620Slipper Orchids, TheHennessey & Hedge1989264
1630Slipper Orchids of VietnamLeonid Averyanov & 3 others2003308
1640Southern Africa Epiphytic OrchidsJohn S. Ball1978248
1650Strange and Beautiful World of Orchids, TheEbel & Birnbaum1972207
1660Success With OrchidsWilma Rittershausen1997127
1670Sunset OrchidsSunset Books1999112
1680Tropical Slipper OrchidsHarold Koopowitz2008411
1690Ultimate OrchidThomas J. Sheehan2001160
1700Vandas and AscocendasGrove1995242
1710Vanilla Orchids Natural History & CultivationKen Cameron2011212
1720Vanilla Orchid, TheVallarta Orchid Society201129
1730Various Contrivances by Which Orchids areCharles Darwin1984300
Fertilized by Insects, The
1800Ward Lock Book of Orchid Growing, The (M)Peter McKenzie Black1992160
1810Whys and Wherefores of Orchid CultureSelections from Orchid Digest1960?
1820Wild Love Affair~Essence of Florida’s NativeConnie Bransilver?128
Orchids
1830Wild Orchids Across North AmericaPhilip E. Keenan1998322
1840Wild Orchids of IllinoisGlen S. Winterringer1967130
1850Your First Orchid, A Guide for BeginnersAmerican Orchid Society199664
(M) = Missing
(F) =  Fiction
OTHER MEDIA
NumberTitleAuthorCopyrightPages
CD010Ecuador and Peru 2011Jayme Hennek2011PPT
CD020Application of Long Term Study ofMarilyn H. S. Light2010PPT
Conservation Planning–Cypripedium
CD030Bulbophyllums: The Incomplete GuideBill Thoms2009PDF
From A to Why?
DVD030An Introduction to OrchidsAmerican Orchid Societytbd
DVD040Many Worlds of Orchids, TheAmerican Orchid Society198730
DVD060Orchid Pests & DiseasesAmerican Orchid Society198968
DVD070Orchids in the HomeSarah Tufford198959
DVD085Growing Orchids Under LightsAmerican Orchid Society198950
DVD110Seniors on Screen–OrchidsRussell Smith200325
DVD130Seniors on Screen–OrchidsRussell Smith200425
DVD150Successfully Grow Orchids at HomeEsther Tikalsky200734
DVD160Saint Paul Winter CarnivalGreat American Festivals200549
*DNCxxx=Does Not Circulate
DNC020Sander’s Complete List of Orchid HybridsThe Royal Horticulture Society1941308
DNC030Sander’s List of Orchid Hybrids 1946-60The Royal Horticulture Society1961922
DNC040Sander’s  “  “            Addendum 1961-70The Royal Horticulture Society1970632
DNC050Sander’s  “  “            Addendum 1971-75The Royal Horticulture Society1976460
DNC060Sander’s  “  “            Addendum 1976-80The Royal Horticulture Society1981568
DNC070Sander’s  “  “            Addendum 1981-85The Royal Horticulture Society1987
DNC080Sander’s  “  “            Addendum 1986-90The Royal Horticulture Society1991780
DNC090Sander’s  “  “            Addendum 1991-95The Royal Horticulture Society19961070
DNC100Sander’s  “  “            Addendum 1996-98The Royal Horticulture Society1999732
DNC110Sander’s  “  “            Addendum 1999-2001The Royal Horticulture Society2002742

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