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orchid book recommendations
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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