Orchids


The Orchid Thief
Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy (Vintage Departures)
Understanding Orchids: An Uncomplicated Guide to Growing the World's Most Exotic Plants
Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers
The Orchid Whisperer: Expert Secrets for Growing Beautiful Orchids
Orchids for Dummies
Orchids Simplified: An Indoor Gardening Guide
Orchid Modern: Living and Designing with the World’s Most Elegant Houseplants
Bloom-Again Orchids: 50 Easy-Care Orchids that Flower Again and Again and Again
Taylor's Guide to Orchids (Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides)
Tropical Slipper Orchids: Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium Species and Hybrids
The Classic Cattleyas
The Practical Encyclopedia of Orchids: The Complete Guide to Orchids and Their Cultivation
The Ladies Country Companion - a Facsimile of the 1845 Edition
Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid
Sarah Jio
I had come to love the space, and I could see why Lady Anna had too. The orchids were positively glorious. She'd tagged each flower with its proper botanical name, but I favored the pet names she'd given each bloom. For instance, a stunning pink 'Cattleya' was named "Lady Catalina." And a yellow 'Oncidium,' which to me looked like a flock of ladies in fluffy party dresses, was called "Lady Aralia of the Bayou. ...more
Sarah Jio, The Last Camellia

Eric Hansen
Many collectors died in process of searching for new species, and despite persistent reports that the men died from drowning, gunshot and knife wounds, snakebite, trampling by cattle, or blows in the head with blunt instruments, it is generally accepted that in each case the primary cause of death was orchid fever.
Eric Hansen, Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy

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