"The clear-eyed, unsentimental account in Saving Orchids is also heartening and inspiring, determinedly optimistic. Compact, succinct, and wide-ranging, it is packed with stories and illustrated by superb, haunting photographs...Entirely at ease with their subject, [Seaton and Zettler] share their knowledge lightly, brilliantly explaining botanical complexities in language any layperson can understand...Every page is fascinating, beginning with the descriptions of countless varieties of orchids and their habitats...What makes this book so stirring is the depiction of the continuous, shifting relationship between plants and people, not only the nurserymen and plant hunters of the past but the individuals and communities working today on protection and conservation."-- "The New York Review of Books"
"Saving Orchids is a remarkable and extremely timely book--and some would say it is overdue. Seaton and Zettler outline the many mistakes made over the last few centuries that landed us in rather dire straits as well as some of the modern solutions that could be employed by diverse stakeholders. Awareness is the key to creating change. I believe positive change is possible if Saving Orchids is widely read by the upcoming generation of conservationists, botanists, and orchid enthusiasts."--Tom Mirenda coauthor of "The Book of Orchids"
"Beginning and ending with Florida's iconic ghost orchid, Seaton and Zettler bring to life the heroic efforts of people from all walks of life caring about and protecting orchids. They show how profoundly humans have affected life on Earth but also how inspirational actions by dedicated individuals are central to the fate of orchids, the 'canaries in the coal mine' for environmental change. Orchids teach us that the fate of nature is in our hands."--Sandra Knapp author of "Extraordinary Orchids"