John Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, cultivated thousands of orchids and introduced captivating hybrids. In Orchid Muse, historian and home grower Erica Hannickel gathers these bold tales of the orchid-smitten throughout history, while providing tips on cultivating the extraordinary flowers she features.Ĭonsider Empress Eugenie and Queen Victoria, the two most powerful women in nineteenth-century Europe, who shared a passion for Coelogyne cristata, with its cascading, fragrant white blooms.
Tenacious plant hunters have traversed continents to collect rare specimens naturalists and shoguns have marveled at orchids’ seductive architecture royalty and the smart set have adorned themselves with their allure.
The epitome of floral beauty, orchids have long fostered works of art, tales of adventure, and scientific discovery.
Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardĪ kaleidoscopic journey into the world of nature’s most tantalizing flower, and the lives it has inspired.
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