Accomplished Florida author, internationally known wildlife photographer and naturalist, Connie Bransilver takes us on a seductive journey through Florida's wetlands in Wild Love Affair: Essence of Florida's Native Orchids, new from Westcliffe Publishers. The full color 128-page 9x12 hardcover book with 148 fine-art photographs will be alluring to seasoned and beginning orchid lovers and admirers alike.

In Wild Love Affair, orchid-renowned friends and colleagues join Connie; Foreword by Eric Hansen, Preface by Stuart Pimm, Ph.D., Essays by Paul Martin Brown and John Beckner, plus other contributors. Not only is Bransilver's fine-art photography eye-candy, the author also has a way of pleasantly, and sometimes humorously, educating us along the way. After all, we are talking about fertilization. "Orchids are undeniably erotic. They are both male and female in form." "Orchids cannot walk, run, crawl, swim, fly or leap to meet their lovers." "Orchids have learned-evolved -to trick mobile creatures into serving them, sometimes by offering nectar rewards."

Connie Bransilver: Author/photographer Connie Bransilver's work has appeared in local, national, and international publications. Connie serves on the board of directors of the Infinity Foundation of the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) and was President of NANPA in 2001. She is Vice President of the Images for Conservation Foundation Pro-Tour of Nature Photography and she is on the Board of the Native Orchid Restoration Project (NORP). Connie is active in the Jane Goodall Institute and the Duke University Primate Center. She is a Canon Pro, on the Fuji Pronet Talent Team, and is widely known for her multi-media slide and music, poetry, lecture presentations on Florida conservation and on the lemurs of Madagascar. Click here to know more about Connie.

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