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“This beautifully produced book will be inspiring to botanical artists and all those who are captivated by the orchid.”<\/em> — Leisure Painter <\/strong><\/p>\n

“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.” <\/em>— Lovely Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The RHS Orchid Committee have commissioned watercolors of over 7,000 award-winning hybrids that demonstrate particular value in their fabulous array of colors, 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 endeavors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A guide to the stunning collection of Orchid Award Portraits from the Lindley Collections at the Royal Horticultural Society.
Introduction:
\nOrchids and the RHS: For Good and Ill… 7
\nChapter 1:
\nA Burgeoning Interest in Orchids 12
\nChapter 2:
\nThe History of the RHS Orchid
\nCommittee, by Clare Hermans 22
\nChapter 3:
\nRHS Orchid Awards 28
\nChapter 4:
\nA New Generation of Orchidists 42
\nChapter 5:
\nOrchid Mania 62
\nChapter 6:
\nThe Influence of the Artist 74
\nChapter 7:
\nThe Northern Orchid Scene 132
\nChapter 8:
\nRHS Commissions: The Official Orchid
\nArtists 162
\nChapter 9:
\nLife After Roberts 188
\nChapter 10:
\nContinuing the Cultivation: The Eric
\nYoung Orchid Foundation 240
\nEndnotes 247
\nBibliography 248
\nAcknowledgements 249
\nColour Plates 250
\nGeneral Index 252
\nPlant Index 255<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30855","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-by-author-charlotte-brooks","8":"publisher-acc-art-books","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRHS Orchids - ACC Art Books US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/rhs-orchids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RHS Orchids - 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