Orchid Summer

¿Remarkable ... Evoking the intensity with which orchid hunters pursue their quarry ... Vivid and expressive¿ Sunday Times¿Wonderfully vivid ¿ this is a beautifully written celebration of these mysterious and endangered plants¿ Guardian¿Rich with orchids and their subjects ... A wonderful book¿ Robert MacfarlaneOrchid Summer is a heady celebration of the beauty and history of the wild orchid species of the British Isles, embraced in one dazzling summer-long hunt by naturalist Jon Dunn. The flowers that are the focus of this treasure hunt are exquisite and diverse. Some tower above the surrounding vegetation; others are vanishingly small and discrete. Some are sweetly scented; others smell of ripe billy goats. Some are abundant; others more elusive ¿ none more so than the last to flower, the ghost orchid¿Capturing the intoxicating beauty of these rare flowers, Orchid Summer explores their history, their champio