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The Orchid in Lore and Legend [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Henry Oakeley (Foreword), Luigi Berliocchi (Author), Mark Griffiths (Editor), Lenore Rosenberg (Translator), Anita Weston (Translator) "TODAY, the exotic orchid is more familiar than at any time in its past ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 200 pages
  • Publisher: Timber Press; illustrated edition edition (Oct 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0881924911
  • ISBN-13: 978-0881924916
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.8 x 2.4 cm
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That Luigi Berliocchi loved orchids and their history is obvious and infectious. He shares this love and sense of mystery with the reader...through his literate and accessible writing style. This is a book that every orchidophile, amateur or expert, should own. -- Jerry Garner "Illinois Orchid Society Newsletter" (08/02/2002)


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Berliocchi (1953-1999), former lecturer in garden history at the University of Reggio Calabria, Italy, presents a lively history of orchids, including myths and legends, their uses from prehistory to modern times, patrons and hunters, arts and customs, the plants' habitat and structure, descriptions of the genera, and basic culture. Fine period col
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