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Links
The American Orchid Society
orchidweb.org
This Web site of the largest special-interest horticultural
organization in the world is teeming with useful information for
orchid enthusiasts, including growing tips, a calendar of orchid
events in the U.S., and an online orchid discussion forum.
Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
orchidspecies.com
Do you have an orchid you want to identify? Are you shopping for
an orchid of a particular color? Check out this exhaustive online,
fully illustrated orchid encyclopedia.
Native Orchids of the United States
orchids.org/ooc/na_orchids/us_orchids_java.shtml
Using a clickable map, find out which orchid species are
indigenous to the United States and where they grow.
Bibliorchidea
bibliorchidea.net/main.php
Browse more than 105,000 citations of orchid books and articles,
representing more than 75 percent of the existing literature on
orchids.
Books
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids
by Alec
Pridgeon, ed. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2001.
This fascinating and enormous book, featuring entries and
photographs for more than 1,000 species of orchids, will both
benefit the convinced orchidophile and entice the general reader.
The book's editor is Chairman of the Orchid Committee, Royal
Horticultural Society.
The Orchid Thief
by Susan Orlean. New York: Ballantine
Books, 2000.
In lively, often hilarious prose, New Yorker writer Susan
Orlean delves deep into obsession in this in-depth profile of
orchid enthusiast John LaRoche. Read an
excerpt.
Orchids
by Greg Allikas and Ned Nash. New York: Thunder
Bay Press, 2000.
Orchid expert Ned Nash and photographer Greg Allikas (see
Orchid Gallery)
present the history, biology, and economics of the orchid in this
stunning volume. Orchids includes a glossary and a guide to
growing orchids at home.
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