Boyle insists that growing orchids needs neither a fortune nor a gardener, and sets out to prove it from his own greenhouse. He describes buying at auction, then works through cool, warm and hot orchids, mixing cultivation advice with what he saw of the plants in the wild and stories of lost species and the collectors who hunt them.
A chatty Victorian guide for anyone who has fallen for orchids and wants the history of the craze. Download the free EPUB.