Saturday, 9 April 2016

A Show of Over 6,000 Orchids Celebrates a Victorian-Era Obsession

A Show of Over 6,000 Orchids Celebrates a Victorian-Era Obsession

Being mauled by a jaguar or robbed at knifepoint might seem like risks fit for only the bravest of world travelers (or Indiana Jones). But those were just two of the many hazards that came with orchid hunting—a 19th-century obsession so compelling, people risked life and limb to find the perfect specimen.

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