Lesson 3 UNDERSTANDING ORCHID GROWTH

This science-based illustrated guide explores monopodial and sympodial growth, stems, rhizomes, pseudobulbs, dormant buds, new shoots and different growth rhythms, while showing you how these structures create the architecture of an orchid over time.

Rather than seeing growth simply as a plant getting bigger, learn to recognise developmental stages, read the history held in the plant’s structure and identify the direction of future growth.

Don’t look only at what an orchid has. Look at what it is becoming.

Observe. Understand. Respond.