A01=Luigi Berliocchi
advanced gardener
amateur gardener
anthropology
Author_Luigi Berliocchi
Category=GBC
Category=WMPC
cuisine
cultivation
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genus-specific
history
orchid care
orchid flower
orchid garden
orchids
plant hybrids
species
Product details
- ISBN 9780881926163
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010
- Publisher: Workman Publishing
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The orchid is the most evocative of flowers, inspiring in some of its admirers a fanaticism akin to madness, as demonstrated in Susan Orlean's popular novel The Orchid Thief. This elegant survey of the orchid treats its place in legend and suggests the impact that these exotic plants had on the temperate European mind. Berliocchi chronicles the adventurers and scientists who introduced these marvels, discusses their place in the arts from literature and magic to cuisine, and concludes with accounts of the most important genera and their cultivation. Splendidly illustrated with period engravings and botanical paintings, it is literate and delightful. This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.
Luigi Berliocchi (1953-1999) was a lecturer in garden history at the University of Reggio Calabria. He also wrote the text for Vanished Gardens of Rome as well as a study of the origin and history of Mediterranean plants and their presence in art.
