RHS Orchids

Charlotte Brooks is the Art Curator at the RHS Lindley Library in London, where she has worked with the botanical art collection for 15 years. She has published a number of short articles on aspects of the collection, as well as RHS Botanical Illustration: The Gold Medal Winners (ACC Art Books, 2019), and has an ongoing research interest into 19th century Anglo-Chinese botanical art. Charlotte also serves as Secretary to the RHS Botanical Art Judging Panel, which sees contemporary artists from all over the world exhibit their work.

Introduction:
Orchids and the RHS: For Good and Ill... 7
Chapter 1:
A Burgeoning Interest in Orchids 12
Chapter 2:
The History of the RHS Orchid
Committee, by Clare Hermans 22
Chapter 3:
RHS Orchid Awards 28
Chapter 4:
A New Generation of Orchidists 42
Chapter 5:
Orchid Mania 62
Chapter 6:
The Influence of the Artist 74
Chapter 7:
The Northern Orchid Scene 132
Chapter 8:
RHS Commissions: The Official Orchid
Artists 162
Chapter 9:
Life After Roberts 188
Chapter 10:
Continuing the Cultivation: The Eric
Young Orchid Foundation 240
Endnotes 247
Bibliography 248
Acknowledgements 249
Colour Plates 250
General Index 252
Plant Index 255

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"Through these paintings, stories of high stakes orchid breeding and exhibiting are explored, with a cast of characters who helped shape the horticultural world we know today, alongside the dedicated artists who still support their endeavours."