"A Re-Discovered Heade - An Orchid with an Amethyst Woodstar, dating from 1874, ... sold for $1,360,000...
Martin Johnson Heade became fascinated with tropical flora and fauna, especially orchids, after an 1863 trip to Brazil. He combined orchids with hummingbirds in his compositions for the first time in 1871" source : http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=15943 ********** regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
