One in every seven flowering plants on earth is an orchid, and they have been around since the dinosaurs. Using 75 beautifully colored engravings, this book showcases a select few from this elegant and exotic plant family. Among the many highlights are the Queen of Sheba, the royal butterfly, the felt orchid, the vampire dragon, monkey-face, the black fiddle orchid; and the bee orchid, which is designed to fool insects into thinking they have found a mate.