Quote by Susan Orlean

“Orchids are one of the few things in the world that can live forever.”

— Susan Orlean

“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

“She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of the other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish…

— Scott Westerfeld

“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

“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

“The mind interprets the real world and this is as real as real can be but you have to ask yourself, how often you…

— Steve Merrick

“It is meant to be survival of the fittest, not survival of the most floral.”

— Stephen Herfst

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

— Susan Orlean

“Being an orchid hunter has always meant pursuing beautiful things in terrible places.”

— Susan Orlean

“...but I still think that to the unprejudiced, the fossil record of plants is in favor of special creation.”

— E.J.H. Corner

“...nature starts many more projects than she can ever finish.”

— Ariel Levy

“The truth is, however, that there is nothing very “normal” about nature. Once upon a time there were no flowers at all.”

— Loren Eiseley