"Dan Torre’s Orchid is a fabulously informative, entertaining, and accessible interdisciplinary monograph drawing on a wide range of sources in horticultural and botanical studies, history, literature, and art. Torre amply displays why orchids are singular plants in many ways and have fascinated humans in many parts of the world."

H-Environment

"Torre dazzles us again with his compelling blend of science, culture, and intrigue in this perfect entrée into the bizarre and intriguing world of orchids. There are tales of dangerous liaisons between plants and animals, erotic orchid iconography in art, and all kinds of botanical skulduggery. As this book demonstrates so clearly, orchids are like no other plants (or living things) on this planet, and their stories must be read to be believed. Torre, as always, is the master storyteller."

Tim Entwisle, director and chief executive, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, and author of 'Evergreen: The Botanical Life of a Plant Punk'

"The seven chapters in the well-illustrated volume is a succinct and engaging introduction to this fascinating area of botanical research with new species being added each year to roughly 28,000 species, growing in trees, on rocks and in the ground and making up 8% of all flowering species on the globe."

Leonardo