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The Orchid Thief (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.66 — 23,248 ratings — published 1998
Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy (Vintage Departures)
by (shelved 10 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,100 ratings — published 2000
Understanding Orchids: An Uncomplicated Guide to Growing the World's Most Exotic Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.15 — 199 ratings — published 2004
Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.81 — 198 ratings — published
The Orchid Whisperer: Expert Secrets for Growing Beautiful Orchids (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.13 — 309 ratings — published 2012
Orchids for Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.82 — 176 ratings — published 2005
Orchid Modern: Living and Designing with the World’s Most Elegant Houseplants (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.21 — 39 ratings — published
Bloom-Again Orchids: 50 Easy-Care Orchids that Flower Again and Again and Again (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.14 — 59 ratings — published 2009
Tropical Slipper Orchids: Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium Species and Hybrids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.90 — 10 ratings — published 2008
Orchids Simplified: An Indoor Gardening Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.14 — 22 ratings — published 1992
The Classic Cattleyas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.58 — 19 ratings — published 2006
The Practical Encyclopedia of Orchids: The Complete Guide to Orchids and Their Cultivation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.28 — 32 ratings — published 2000
The Ladies Country Companion - a Facsimile of the 1845 Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 1998
Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.68 — 256 ratings — published 2004
Orchid: A Cultural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.11 — 61 ratings — published 2016
The Forbidden Orchid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,270 ratings — published 2016
Complete Guide to Orchids (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 2005
An Enthusiasm for Orchids: Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.13 — 15 ratings — published 2005
Taylor's Guide to Orchids (Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.03 — 35 ratings — published 1996
Ultimate Orchid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.88 — 17 ratings — published 2001
Ortho's All About Orchids (Ortho's All About Gardening)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.98 — 42 ratings — published 1999
Easy Orchids: The Fail-Safe Guide to Growing Orchids Indoors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.68 — 37 ratings — published 2005
Moth Orchids: The Complete Guide to Phalaenopsis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.33 — 15 ratings — published 2008
All About Growing Orchids (Ortho Library)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.33 — 6 ratings — published 1988
Orchids for Every Home: The Beginner's Guide to Growing Beautiful, Easy-Care Orchids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.59 — 32 ratings — published 2004
The Cattleyas and Their Relatives, Volume V: Brassavola, Encyclia, and Other Genera of Mexico and Central America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 1998
Orchids Handbook: A Practical Guide to the Care and Cultivation of 40 Popular Orchid Species and Their Hybrids (CompanionHouse Books)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.64 — 14 ratings — published
Happy Orchid: Help it Flower, Watch it Flourish (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.99 — 84 ratings — published 2018
The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women Writing on the Green World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.10 — 185 ratings — published 2001
Growing Windowsill Orchids (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.17 — 18 ratings — published 2010
Gardening Under Lights: The Complete Guide for Indoor Growers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.19 — 176 ratings — published
The New Encyclopedia of Orchids: 1500 Species in Cultivation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.73 — 30 ratings — published 2008
The Best Orchids for Indoors (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.91 — 11 ratings — published 2004
The Orchid Expert (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.90 — 50 ratings — published 2008
Orchid Growing for Wimps: Techniques for the "Wish I Could Do That" Gardener (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.63 — 30 ratings — published 2002
The Line (The Line, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.46 — 7,110 ratings — published 2010
Novelty Slipper Orchids: Breeding and Cultivating Paphiopedilum Hybrids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published
A Twist of Orchids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.51 — 142 ratings — published 2006
Orchid Growing Basics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.90 — 10 ratings — published 1993
Growing Hardy Orchids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.19 — 16 ratings — published 2005
Wily Violets and Underground Orchids: Revelations of a Botanist (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.00 — 36 ratings — published 1989
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.44 — 43 ratings — published 1992
The Orchid Grower's Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published 2008
Fragrant Orchids: A Guide to Selecting, Growing, and Enjoying (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.47 — 15 ratings — published 2005
Slipper Orchids of Vietnam: With an Introduction to the Flora of Vietnam (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 2003
The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids Are Fertilised by Insects (paper)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.49 — 35 ratings — published 1862
Orchids and Their Conservation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2001
Orchid Grower's Companion: Cultivation, Propagation, And Varieties (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.00 — 14 ratings — published 2004
Orchids (Simple Steps to Success)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.44 — 18 ratings — published 2010
“[Jürgen Habermas' obituary to friend and philosopher, Richard Rorty]
One small autobiographical piece by Rorty bears the title 'Wild Orchids and Trotsky.' In it, Rorty describes how as a youth he ambled around the blooming hillside in north-west New Jersey, and breathed in the stunning odour of the orchids. Around the same time he discovered a fascinating book at the home of his leftist parents, defending Leon Trotsky against Stalin. This was the origin of the vision that the young Rorty took with him to college: philosophy is there to reconcile the celestial beauty of orchids with Trotsky's dream of justice on earth. Nothing is sacred to Rorty the ironist. Asked at the end of his life about the 'holy', the strict atheist answered with words reminiscent of the young Hegel: 'My sense of the holy is bound up with the hope that some day my remote descendants will live in a global civilization in which love is pretty much the only law.”
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One small autobiographical piece by Rorty bears the title 'Wild Orchids and Trotsky.' In it, Rorty describes how as a youth he ambled around the blooming hillside in north-west New Jersey, and breathed in the stunning odour of the orchids. Around the same time he discovered a fascinating book at the home of his leftist parents, defending Leon Trotsky against Stalin. This was the origin of the vision that the young Rorty took with him to college: philosophy is there to reconcile the celestial beauty of orchids with Trotsky's dream of justice on earth. Nothing is sacred to Rorty the ironist. Asked at the end of his life about the 'holy', the strict atheist answered with words reminiscent of the young Hegel: 'My sense of the holy is bound up with the hope that some day my remote descendants will live in a global civilization in which love is pretty much the only law.”
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“These are machair orchids,’ he told me. ‘I grow them on my land. They’re native to the western isles, where my mother was born. They’re fragile as soap bubbles, these things. I grow them in a greenhouse.”
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