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Orchids Books
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The Orchid Thief (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.67 — 21,443 ratings — published 1998
Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,067 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 — 197 ratings — published 2004
Orchids for Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.82 — 171 ratings — published 2005
Orchids Simplified: An Indoor Gardening Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.13 — 23 ratings — published 1992
Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.80 — 180 ratings — published
Orchid Modern: Living and Designing with the World’s Most Elegant Houseplants (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.14 — 37 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
The Orchid Whisperer: Expert Secrets for Growing Beautiful Orchids (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.13 — 299 ratings — published 2012
Taylor's Guide to Orchids (Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides)
by (shelved 4 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.00 — 36 ratings — published 1996
Tropical Slipper Orchids: Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium Species and Hybrids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.90 — 10 ratings — published 2008
The Classic Cattleyas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.59 — 17 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 4.30 — 30 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 — 244 ratings — published 2004
Happy Orchid: Help it Flower, Watch it Flourish (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.95 — 82 ratings — published 2018
Orchid: A Cultural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.09 — 53 ratings — published 2016
The Forbidden Orchid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,256 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 4.12 — 16 ratings — published 2005
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
Orchid Grower's Companion: Cultivation, Propagation, and Varieties (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.87 — 15 ratings — published 2004
All About Growing Orchids (Ortho Library)
by (shelved 3 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.29 — 7 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: A Book in Six Parts, Brassavola, Encyclia, and Other Genera of Mexico and Central America (Vol 5)
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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.64 — 14 ratings — published
The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women Writing on the Green World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.08 — 177 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 4.17 — 171 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
Growing Orchids: Cattleyas and Other Epiphytes/Book 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 1983
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 3.94 — 49 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
Orchid Growing Basics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 3.75 — 8 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 4.03 — 33 ratings — published 1989
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.44 — 43 ratings — published 1992
Four Seasons of Orchids (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 4.14 — 29 ratings — published 2007
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 4.47 — 34 ratings — published 1862
Orchids and Their Conservation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orchids)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2001
“The word comes from Greek mythology. Orchis was the son of a satyr and a nymph. During a feast to celebrate Bacchus, Orchis drank too much wine and tried to force his attentions on a priestess. Bacchus was very displeased, and reacted by having Orchis torn to pieces. The pieces were scattered far and wide, and wherever one landed, an orchid grew." Pausing, she leaned away for a few seconds, reaching for something. Something soft and delicate touched his cracked lips.... She was applying salve with a fingertip. "Most people don't know that vanilla is the fruit of an orchid vine. We keep one in a glasshouse on the estate- it's so long that it grows sideways on the wall. When one of the flowers is full grown, it opens in the morning, and if it isn't pollinated, it closes in the evening, never to open again. The white blossoms, and the vanilla pods within them, have the sweetest scent in the world...”
― Cold-Hearted Rake
― Cold-Hearted Rake
“May 27, 1941
Sunday we encountered specimens of the rarely appearing yellow lady's slipper. This orchis is fragilely beautiful. One tends to think of it almost as a phenomenon, without any roots or place in the natural world. And yet it, too, has had its tough old ancestors which have eluded fires and drought and freezes to pass on in this lovely form the boon of existence. If a plant so delicately lovely can at the same time be so toughly persistent and resistant to all natural enemies, can we doubt that hopes for a better an more rational world may not also withstand all assaults, be bequeathed from generation to generation, and come ultimately to flower?
President Roosevelt says he has not lost faith in democracy; nor have I lost faith in the transcendent potentialities of LIFE itself. One has but to look about him to become almost wildly imbued with something of the massive, surging vitality of the earth.”
― Out Under The Sky Of The Great Smokies: A Personal Journal
Sunday we encountered specimens of the rarely appearing yellow lady's slipper. This orchis is fragilely beautiful. One tends to think of it almost as a phenomenon, without any roots or place in the natural world. And yet it, too, has had its tough old ancestors which have eluded fires and drought and freezes to pass on in this lovely form the boon of existence. If a plant so delicately lovely can at the same time be so toughly persistent and resistant to all natural enemies, can we doubt that hopes for a better an more rational world may not also withstand all assaults, be bequeathed from generation to generation, and come ultimately to flower?
President Roosevelt says he has not lost faith in democracy; nor have I lost faith in the transcendent potentialities of LIFE itself. One has but to look about him to become almost wildly imbued with something of the massive, surging vitality of the earth.”
― Out Under The Sky Of The Great Smokies: A Personal Journal
