About Orchids, a Chat

Description

Growing orchids and contributing to the many thousands of hybridized species already in existence today can be an extensive process that requires great care and consideration. However, in the time of Frederick Boyle, the task was even more elusive and mysterious to most common folk.

About Orchids, A Chat is an extensive, well-documented and well-presented series of essays about the cultivation and care of orchids presented by a man who, although wasn’t a fully-fledged scientist in his own right, knew far more than science alone can teach us about these wonderful and diverse flowers.

Frederick Boyle (1841 – 1914) wanted to make orchid cultivation accessible to the public in a whole new and affordable way. As a result, he didn’t try to write a manual for growing orchids. Instead, he focused on providing a few useful tips, while musing primarily on the dangerous and engaging stories revolving around looking for new species of orchids in the wilderness, and bringing them back for the purpose of cultivating them in a controlled environment.

Boyle speaks a great deal about the peculiarities of growing orchids, and brings many remarkable details about the process that aren’t even widely known today – and were far less mainstream in the 19th century.

Unlike modern scientists or the researchers of his own era, Boyle adopts a friendlier and much more helpful approach to speaking about the amazing variety of orchids, their cultivation, and even introducing a few points about their hybridization. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of his writing is the fact that he writes in a manner that appeals to amateurs, while presenting key points of interest that even experienced and knowledgeable researchers will be keen to learn about.


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