Orchid: The Fatal Attraction. 2008. 100 col. illustr. 144 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.- In Dutch.

Combines the most luscious and tactile photographs with surprising andinformative texts on all kinds of orchids. For example, the first partof the book tells the tale about the discovery of orchids throughhistory and describes the way in which orchids are perceived by people.In the East the emphasis mainly lies on positive characteristics, graceand generosity. In the West orchids personify procreation, and incertain periods of time they were associated with negativecharacteristics. The build and structure of orchid flowers are put in afunctional context, in other words why are orchids the way they are? Whythose amazingly complicated shapes? Why those incredible colours?- AnEnglish edition is available as well.