- Publisher: ACC
- Year: 2022
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 256pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 275x224mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 1.5kg
- ISBN: 9781788841610
- Product code: 538870
RHS Orchids
A History Through Botanical Illustration
Charlotte Brooks New Hardback Illustrated
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The immense variety of orchids’ colours, patterns, sizes and shapes is portrayed in more than 7,000 Orchid Award Portraits commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society. Illustrated with fine, full-page reproductions of 132 of these watercolours, this volume traces the history of orchid cultivation and illustration, from the fanatical collectors of the 19th century, to the 21st century and the new hybrids of the Eric Young Orchid Foundation.
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"This beautifully produced book will be inspiring to botanical artists and all those who are captivated by the orchid." - Leisure Painter
"Through these paintings, stories of high stakes orchid breeding and exhibiting are explored, with a cast of characters who helped shape the horticultural world we know today, alongside the dedicated artists who still support their endeavours." - Lovely Books
Orchids have long held a place of esteem and fascination in the horticultural world. In the 19th century, orchid collecting reached new fanatical heights, with explorers dispatched to every corner of the globe in search of new varieties that could be auctioned at extravagant prices, and orchids are still one of the most popular flowers to breed and buy to this day. These beautiful, diverse flowers are one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with over 30,000 species and over 181,500 hybrids and cultivars.
The RHS Orchid Committee have commissioned watercolours of over 7,000 award-winning hybrids that demonstrate particular value in their fabulous array of colours, patterns, sizes and shapes. Through these paintings, stories of high stakes orchid breeding and exhibiting are explored, with a cast of characters who helped shape the horticultural world we know today, alongside the dedicated artists who still support their endeavours.
"Through these paintings, stories of high stakes orchid breeding and exhibiting are explored, with a cast of characters who helped shape the horticultural world we know today, alongside the dedicated artists who still support their endeavours." - Lovely Books
Orchids have long held a place of esteem and fascination in the horticultural world. In the 19th century, orchid collecting reached new fanatical heights, with explorers dispatched to every corner of the globe in search of new varieties that could be auctioned at extravagant prices, and orchids are still one of the most popular flowers to breed and buy to this day. These beautiful, diverse flowers are one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with over 30,000 species and over 181,500 hybrids and cultivars.
The RHS Orchid Committee have commissioned watercolours of over 7,000 award-winning hybrids that demonstrate particular value in their fabulous array of colours, patterns, sizes and shapes. Through these paintings, stories of high stakes orchid breeding and exhibiting are explored, with a cast of characters who helped shape the horticultural world we know today, alongside the dedicated artists who still support their endeavours.
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The immense variety of orchids’ colours, patterns, sizes and shapes is portrayed in more than 7,000 Orchid Award Portraits commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society. Illustrated with fine, full-page reproductions of 132 of these watercolours, this volume traces the history of orchid cultivation and illustration, from the fanatical collectors of the 19th century, to the 21st century and the new hybrids of the Eric Young Orchid Foundation.
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