As rich and interesting as their natural history, orchids have a human history made by collectors and explorers, botanists and artists, growers and patrons. The web pages of EPIDENDRA devoted to "Orchid history" propose a journey through some chapters of this extraordinary, adventurous, and sometimes tragic history, highlighting the figures of all the people who make of the Orchidaceae the most beloved family of plants on Earth.

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