Even if you’ve read every book on North American orchids-and there must be dozens-you’ll find this book unique and exciting. Even if you’ve stomped through field, forest, and bog to photograph the rarest of the elusive native orchids, you’ll find a variant or a detail that you never saw before illustrated in this volume. Even if you have the attitude of a staunch conservationist and plant lover, you’ll find new perspective and appreciation for nature in this text.