The Terrible Intoxicating Beauty Of The Ghost Orchid Returns To Florida

[Harconen]

The Terrible Intoxicating Beauty Of The Ghost Orchid Returns To Florida

By Charlie Jane Anders, 12:37 PM on Tue Jul 21 2009



The supernatural glow of the mysterious ghost orchid is back in the Everglades for the third year in a row. This flower rarely blooms two years in a row, and was missing for a dozen years until 2007.

The ghost orchid, of course, is the haunting beauty featured in the book The Orchid Thief and the bizarre movie version, Adaptation. Nobody knows why it's suddenly reappearing so regularly in the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary after a dozen years of absence, nor what strange qualiities it might have if you actually ingested it. Image by Mick Fournier [AP]

http://io9.com/5319674/the-terrible-intoxicating-beauty-of-the-ghost-orchid-returns-to-florida

[Bianca]

Thanks, Harconen -

The Ghost Orchid is every orchid grower's dream....
Strange lot, these people are, you know,
(pssst, I am one of them...)

Do you mind if I eventually add it to this:

http://atlantisonline.smfforfree2.com/index.php/topic,2101.0.html


BTW, the book is a great read, too!

[Harconen]

Thanks, Harconen -

The Ghost Orchid is every orchid grower's dream....
Strange lot, these people are, you know,
(pssst, I am one of them...)

Do you mind if I eventually add it to this:

http://atlantisonline.smfforfree2.com/index.php/topic,2101.0.html


BTW, the book is a great read, too!

LOL.
Sorry B, I didn't see your link about rare ghost orchid.I should post there.The book is new to me I will read it with pleasure.