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Orchid Muse - A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers (Hardcover)
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Orchid Muse - A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers (Hardcover)
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Orchids, the epitome of floral beauty, have long inspired poetry,
adventure, art and scientific discovery. In Orchid Muse, historian
and home orchid grower Erica Hannickel brings together fascinating
tales of the orchid-smitten throughout history, along with tips on
growing the exotic blooms at the centre of each account. Consider,
for instance, Empress Eugenie and Queen Victoria, the two most
powerful women in nineteenth-century Europe, who shared a passion
for Coelogyne cristata. John Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn
Bridge, and Raymond Burr, the actor famed for playing Perry Mason,
cultivated thousands of orchids, introducing captivating new and
unusual species. Transporting the reader from hazardous Amazonian
journeys to a seedy dime museum in Gilded Age New York's
Tenderloin, from the glories of the palace gardens of Chinese
Empress Cixi to the island of Bourbon, where the vanilla orchid
thrives, Orchid Muse spans the world, exploring our enduring
fascination with these exquisite flowers.
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