Resources
Web Sites
OrchidWeb
http://orchidweb.org/
A comprehensive guide to everything orchid from the American Orchid Society.
All About Orchids
http://www.orchid.org.uk/
Answers to every question you were afraid to ask, from George and Shiela Barnes.
The Orchid Photo Page
http://www.orchidworks.com/
Over 200 stunning photos, plus "What if They Mated?," an interactive hybrid demonstration.
Susan Orlean
http://www.susanorlean.com/
Web site of THE ORCHID THIEF author.
The Orchid
House
http://retirees.uwaterloo.ca/~jerry/orchids/
A site for the "undisputed champions" of the flower world.
Books
Darwin, Charles. THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH ORCHIDS ARE FERTILIZED
BY INSECTS. New York: New York University Press, 1988.
Hansen, Eric. ORCHID FEVER: A HORTICULTURAL TALE OF LOVE, LUST, AND
LUNACY. New York: Pantheon Books, 2000.
Orlean, Susan. THE ORCHID THIEF. New York: Random House, 1999.
Pridgeon, Alec. THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ORCHIDS. Portland,
OR: Timber Press, 1992.
Romero, Gustavo A. A HISTORY OF THE ORCHID. Portland, OR: Timber Press,
1995.
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