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Academic & Professional Books  Botany  Vascular Plants  Orchids

Orchidées du Bout du Monde [Orchids from the End of the World]

Out of Print
By: Catherine Vadon(Author)
224 pages, colour & b/w photos, colour & b/w illustrations
Orchidées du Bout du Monde [Orchids from the End of the World]
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  • Orchidées du Bout du Monde [Orchids from the End of the World] ISBN: 9782732456959 Hardback Oct 2014 Out of Print #231563
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Language: French

Strange plants with extravagant shapes and a heady fragrance, orchids have always fascinated humans. Torn from the exuberance of their distant jungles by intrepid adventurers, they started a real madness in nineteenth century Europe. Symbols of wealth and prestige, they set the auctions in London alight where passionate billionaires clashed with each other. This book recounts the experiences of the orchid hunters, these early explorers who travelled to extraordinary destinies, missioned around the world looking for rare or new species that crossed the oceans to reach the most refined greenhouses. Richly illustrated with an ancient iconography (engravings, albums and old books, botanical color plates ...) and contemporary illustrations (current photographs of orchids in the wild), the book also includes an album of large orchid collections around the world.

Summary in French:
Plantes étranges aux formes extravagantes et aux parfums entêtants, les orchidées ont de tout temps exercé une véritable fascination sur l'être humain. Arrachées à l'exubérance de leurs jungles lointaines par d'intrépides aventuriers, elles déclenchèrent une véritable folie dans l'Europe du XIXe siècle. Symboles de richesse et de prestige, elles firent flamber les enchères aux ventes de Londres où s'affrontaient des milliardaires passionnés. Cet ouvrage relate les expériences des "chasseurs" d'orchidées, ces premiers explorateurs aux destins hors du commun, missionnés dans le monde entier à la recherche d'espèces rares ou nouvelles qui traversèrent les océans pour rejoindre les serres les plus raffinées. Richement illustré d'une iconographie ancienne (gravures, albums et livres anciens, planches botaniques en couleur...) et contemporaine (photographies actuelles d'orchidées en situation), l'ouvrage comprend également un album des grandes collections d'orchidées dans le monde.

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