In 2004, orchid expert Brendan Sayers, from the National Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin in Dublin, and acclaimed artist Susan Sex, winner of several RHS gold awards, produced the original Ireland’s Wild Orchids. The book was well received but was a limited edition, quickly sold out and is now something of a collector’s item.
This new and more reasobaly priced version of the book has been produced as a field guide, and contains a new range of paintings, as well as photographs, distribution maps, text notes, and distinguishing keys to the species .