Contents

1. Title Page
2. Dedication
3. Introduction: A Bee’s Eye View
4. 1. Shakespeare’s Long Purples
5. 2. Stumped by Ireland’s Mediterranean Orchid
6. 3. The Loose Flowers of Jersey
7. 4. The Lady of the Woods and Her Hanged Man
8. 5. Orchids of the Emerald Isle
9. 6. Swords of the Hampshire Hangers
10. 7. The Desirable Category of Very Rare Orchids
11. 8. Butterflies and Burnt Tips
12. 9. The Lady’s Slipper
13. 10. The Curse of the Coralroot
14. 11. Finding the Fragrants
15. 12. Those Little Green Ones
16. 13. Mimic
17. 14. Queen of the Cotswolds
18. 15. Orchids of the Western Isles
19. 16. Midsummer Musk
20. 17. Holy Helleborines
21. 18. Ghost Hunting
22. 19. August Orchids
23. 20. Spirals by the Sea
24. Acknowledgements
25. Bibliography
26. Species of British Orchid
27. Copyright