BOOK

The lost orchid : a story of Victorian plunder and obsession

Bilston, Sarah, author

2025

Overview

\"Sarah Bilston follows the colorful characters and fateful dramas of orchid mania, the nineteenth-century craze among European and North American collectors vying to own the world's most coveted flowers. Focusing on the hunt for the so-called lost orchid, Bilston reveals the enormous human and environmental cost of a colonial obsession.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Subject: Orchids History 19th century. / Orchid industry England History 19th century. / Orchid industry America History 19th century. / Orchid industry Environmental aspects History 19th century. / Orchids in literature. / Plant collectors History 19th century. / Cattleyas History 19th century.
• ISBN: 9780674272606

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