hello Joanna!

I just bought a copy from Amazon tonight! I can`t wait to get it!

Thanks again !

Claude

"Phalguy" wrote in message
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| Thanks Joanna!
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| I will try to get a copy !
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| Claude
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| "J Fortuna" wrote in message
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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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