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Crafty OrchidsThe fascinating world of the beguiling orchid

Orchids - from sexy, to beguiling, to killer

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The newly restored Darwin’s greenhouse

Darwin’s greenhouse at Down House in Kent

  • Down House head gardener Rowan Blaik with Jim Endersby in Darwin's greenhouse
  • The newly restored Darwin’s greenhouse
  • Jim Durrant at McBean's Orchids, the last Victorian orchid nursery
  • Jim Durrant and Jim Endersby at McBean’s Orchids, Sussex
  • Lara Jewitt, Science Collections Coordinator, looks after 3000 species of orchid at Kew Gardens
  • Mike Hutchings on the South Downs near Brighton with one of his beloved Spider Orchids
  • Stanhopea tigrina (From Bateman Orchidaceae)
  • The Brazilian bat orchid, Coryanthes speciosa, that traps bees in its bucket-like labellum until they have pollinated it

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  • Crafty Orchids

    Why are orchids so popular? Jim Endersby offers a new scientific history of their allure.

    BBC Radio 4

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