Product Description

The Dutch had Tulip Mania in the 17th century. Victorian England had its own equivalent with "orchidelirium," an obsessive passion for orchids that has carried into the present day. Orchids remain among the most beautiful, hotly debated, and passionately collected of all flowers. ORCHIDELIRIUM presents Harold Feinstein's breathtaking pictures of orchids--dozens of different varieties and shades of them. In the tradition of the critically acclaimed gift book One Hundred Flowers (Bulfinch Press, 2000), this new volume offers images of staggering detail and subtlety. Nobody has been able to match Feinstein's mastery of flower photography, and nowhere is his remarkable talent as evident as it is in these pictures of orchids, nature's most delicate and variegated creations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #995388 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-07
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

About the Author
Harold Feinstein is the author of One Hundred Flowers, Foliage, The Infinite Rose, The Infinite Tulip, and One Hundred Seashells. He lives in Merrimac, Massachusetts.

Customer Reviews

Gorgeous coffee table book on orchids
This book has stunning photographs of all kinds of orchids. If you like the front cover, you are sure to like this book. The book is large, not only coffee-table size, but also very thick (and heavy!). With the gorgeous pictures, it would make a wonderful gift for any orchid lover. Unfortunately I haven't seen the main competition, the book "Orchids" so I can't say how they compare, but I can't imagine going wrong with this book.

great mother's day gift, or mother's bday present.
my mom loves it. beautiful images. great gift idea.

My brother loved it!
I bought this book for my brother for his birthday. He was floored by its beauty.
Kay Martin