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Ghost Orchid Photo

Question:

Jim, Glad you enjoyed the ghost orchid photos… and Jon, no fishing with the ghost orchids.  They are way too expensive for that.   I spoke to Susan Orlean about the upside down picture on the cover of her book The Orchid Thief.  I do believe Random House is going to place a picture of the Polyrrhiza lindenii on the next printing run… at least, I hope they do.  I know she wants the flower photo changed and many of her fans have requested it from the publisher by Email. But, I am sure Random House would also love to hear from this group on correcting this situation. Mick Fournier HBI, Producer of Fine Orchids in Flask http://www.gate.net/~fourmick/flasks/orchid.html

Response:

Hi Everyone, I’ve been reading the great book (with the upside down cymbidium on the cover), "The Orchid Thief."   Since there is so much of this book on the hunt for the elusive and hard to care for Ghost Orchid Polyrhyzza somethingorother, I was wondering what one looked like.  Does anyone know of a place that has a picture of one?  I’m surprised that the author didn’t include one in the book.  It’s an excellent and easy read.  I’d reccommend it. jon

Response:

The best web site I found with pictures of the Ghost Orchid is: http://gate.net/~fourmick/flasks/orchid.html  This site has a whole section dedicated to "The Orchid Thief" and a page with references to pictures of the Ghost Orchid.  Here is a copy of the picture references off of this page: The archetypal Ghost Orchid. (http://www.gate.net/~fourmick/flasks/ghosthamm.jpg)Polyrrhiza lindenii Orchid in full bloom. 640 x 480 in jpg format. This picture provided by naturalist photographer Roger L. Hammer. A HyperLink to John Zahina’s picture catalog of the Ghost orchid. (http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Park/8704/Ghost2.jpg) This is the Polyrrhiza lindenii Orchid in full flower. Very high resolution photo… be patient during download. A second HyperLink to John Zahina’s picture catalog of the Ghost Orchid. (http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Park/8704/Ghost1.jpg) The plant has grown from one tree to another… a very rare occurance in nature. Very high resolution photo. The last HyperLink to John Zahina’s webpages (http://www.mangonet.com/~doog/sofl_plants/images/polylind_jz_drawing…. d his artistic rendering of the Ghost Orchid. HyperLink to Jay’s Key West Orchids website (http://orchidspecies.com/orphotdir/polylindenii.jpg) and his photo of the Ghost Orchid by Stephen Jones. Picture of a 100-plant size flask. (http://www.gate.net/~fourmick/flasks/poly100.jpg) Note that the Polyrrhiza lindenii plants have no leaves and simply look like a ball of spaghetti. Jim

Hi Everyone, I’ve been reading the great book (with the upside down cymbidium on the cover), "The Orchid Thief."   Since there is so much of this book on the hunt for the elusive and hard to care for Ghost Orchid Polyrhyzza somethingorother, I was wondering what one looked like.  Does anyone know of a place that has a picture of one?  I’m surprised that the author didn’t include one in the book.  It’s an excellent and easy read.  I’d reccommend it. jon

Response:

Jim, Thanks for the great links!  Looks like something I’d use for fishing! Jon

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