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  • The Orchid: A Celebration of the World's Most Charismatic Flower

    The Orchid: A Celebration of the World's Most Charismatic Flower - Hardcover

    The Orchid: A Celebration of the World's Most Charismatic Flower - Hardcover

    By Lauren Gardiner, Phillip Cribb, and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

About Phillip Cribb Books

Lauren Gardiner is Curator of the Cambridge University Herbarium and a member of the RHS Orchid Committee. She previously worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where she specialized in the conservation of Madagascan plants, including orchids and palms. Phillip Cribb is a leading specialist on the taxonomy and conservation of orchids. He was Deputy Keeper of the Herbarium and Curator of the Orchid Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, until his retirement in 2006. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world-famous centre for botanic knowledge. It holds one of the most diverse living orchid collections in the world, and the largest and most comprehensive orchid herbarium, with over 400,000 specimens preserved.