I just acquired this book

Orchids
From the Archives of the Royal Horticultural Society
by Mark Griffiths

and am enjoying it immensely. It not only has good narrative, but also great
watercolor pictures of orchids as illustrations.

Among the interesting pieces of trivia about orchids that I had not read
before: Did you know that in 1913 British suffragettes smashed up Kew's
orchid house, since they considered orchids a symbol of the patriarchy? Poor
orchids viciously attacked for their association with men. :-)

Joanna

In article <c0Icf.31401$ip6.25644 [at] trnddc07>,
joanna [at] REMOVEfortunabujard.com says...
> I just acquired this book
>
> Orchids
> From the Archives of the Royal Horticultural Society
> by Mark Griffiths
>
> and am enjoying it immensely. It not only has good narrative, but also great
> watercolor pictures of orchids as illustrations.
>
> Among the interesting pieces of trivia about orchids that I had not read
> before: Did you know that in 1913 British suffragettes smashed up Kew's
> orchid house, since they considered orchids a symbol of the patriarchy? Poor
> orchids viciously attacked for their association with men. :-)
>
> Joanna
>
>
>
>
It must have been the venustum. It does that to me too sometimes.
--
Reka

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