Birth Quote by Jackie Kay

“She walked indoors, and staring once more at her orchids, thought to herself: ‘Flowers have their spring-time, a time for fresh blossoms and young…

— Cao Xueqin

“Many people who collect orchids designate an orchid heir in their wills, because they know the plants will outlast them.”

— Susan Orlean

Human beings aren't orchids; we must draw something from the soil we grow in.

— Sara Jeannette Duncan

Have you ever noticed how much they look like orchids? lovely!

— Robert A. Heinlein

“Orchid hunting is a mortal occupation. That has always been part of its charm, Laroche loved orchids, but I came to believe he loved…

— Susan Orlean

I do love real orchids. It only takes me like 2 months to kill those though.

— Jill Zarin

“You should see the way she smiles when I rattle off the names of the orchids in the greenhouse: oncidium, dendrobium, bulbophyllum, and epidendrum,…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“If all of this makes orchids seem smart—well, they do seem smart. There is something clever and un-plantlike about their determination to survive and…

— Susan Orlean

I love - oh God, I shouldn't say this - I'm really good at bringing orchids back from the dead.

— Stephen Moyer

I try to always have flowers in the house. I have a florist in Chinatown, and they deliver orchids every two weeks. I like…

— Phillip Lim

The old orchid hunter lay back on his pillow, his body limp... 'You'll curse the insects,' he said at least, 'and you'll curse the…

— Susan Orlean

“To desire orchids is to have a desire that will never be, can never be, fully requited. A collector who wants one of every…

— Susan Orlean