Orchidilerium and Other Obsessions 2024

Orchidilerium and Other Obsessions — Celia de Villiers
Orchidilerium and Other Obsessions — Eco-dyed wool, felt, embroidery & fibre

On the symbiotic — and deceptive — relationships between flowers and their pollinators. “Imitation comes naturally to human beings from childhood,” wrote Aristotle in the Poetics, “… so does our universal pleasure in imitation.” With Darwinism, that privilege would no longer belong to humankind alone: there is ample scientific proof that flowers sometimes deceive their pollinators to get what they want.

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