Thanks Joanna!

I will try to get a copy !

Claude

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|I would emphatically recommend the book "The Orchid in Lore and Legend" by
| Luigi Berliocchi (translated from Italian by Lenore Rosenberg and Anita
| Weston). I acquired this book in the bookstore of the Orchid Express
exhibit
| in the Natural History Museum in Washington, DC. The orchid exhibit was
fun,
| and so is this book. It contains a lot of intriguing stories ranging from
| orchids in Greek mythology, exploration of the Americas and use of orchids
| in Catholicism there, Chinese art and orchid symbology, the use of vanilla
| in Aztec culture, the stories of the orchid explorers and hunters who gave
| their lives for orchids, beliefs in magical qualities of orchids, etc..
The
| book is well written and highly enjoyable, in my opinion.
|
| Before reading this book I read "Phalaenopsis: A Monograph" by Eric A.
| Christenson. Also enjoyed it, though it was somewhat drier (though not
| nearly as dry as might be expected from a taxonomist), and there were
parts
| of this book that I had to skip because the terms were too technical for
me,
| and I had not realized before I bought it that this book deals almost
| exclusively with Phal species with hybrids mentioned only a bit. I was
glad
| to find out more about the different Phal species, their classification,
| origin, etymology, and such though. Definitely worth reading if Phals are
| your genus of choice (Claude, have you read this one yet? If not, I am
sure
| you would enjoy it.)
|
| Joanna
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