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Top Orchid Books for the Novice Grower

Add these top orchid books to your holiday wish list to learn more about orchid care and why most orchids are neither fragile nor difficult to grow. One of the most popular orchid species, the stunning Just Add Ice ...

Great Resources for Orchid Beginners

One of the best places for orchid beginners to get a good education, aside from our Just Add Ice website, is at the American Orchid Society's website. Click on "Orchid Basics" and you'll see a list of their most often...

Black Orchids in Fiction and Reality

For centuries, flower enthusiasts, poets, and the merely maudlin have all sought a truly black flower -- the kind you'd expect to find growing in a cemetery. When the orchid craze struck Europe during the 19th century,...

Orchidelirium and Thievery:
Orchids Inspire Book and Film

Have you read the book The Orchid Thief by Susan Orleans? Maybe you've seen the film based on the book—Adaptation. Orchid thieves take orchid hunting even further—if the book's subtitle is any clue. The full title is ...

Orchids of Mystery

Orchids have come to represent the mysterious, so perhaps it should not be surprising that they are the stars in a series of murder mystery novels. The website for author Michelle Wan and her book series can be viewed...