RHS Orchids

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RHS Orchids

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Author: Charlotte Brooks

Type: Hardback

ISBN: 9781788841610

Date: 1st April, 2022

Publisher: ACC ART BOOKS

  1. Categories

  2. Commercial Horticulture
  3. Nature in Art
  4. Plants And Cultivation Guides

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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.

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