ASPP Journal.
Review by Danita Delimont.
“Bransilver is an accomplished nature photographer. Her exquisite images of orchids are made more meaningful through the stories of how she finds them – almost a hide-and-seek game of wandering along the sloughs and marshes, often guided by local characters who have called these marshes home since childhood. . . . As she weaves her romance . . . it’s easy for the reader to become a little enraptured as well.”

Orchids, the magazine of the American Orchid Society. October 2004.
Review by Chuck McCartney.
“The first part of the title captures the romantic ardor with which Bransilver approaches her subject . . . [The] photographs . . . are its strength. . . Bransilver’s impressionistic approach serves art. . . Rather than preaching to the choir, that is, to those people who already know and understand the beauty and ecological importance of Southwest Florida’s swamps and their orchids, Bransilver is trying to reach an entirely different audience, mainly the uninitiated. This book is aimed at them . . [and] the author’s romantic zeal and artistic rather than realistic photographs will imbue them with a better understanding or appreciation of these mysterious, beautiful places.”

Lehigh Acres News Star.
Review by Terry Wolfley.
“Bransilver’s exquisite photography and flow of words reflect her love and respect for Earth’s fragile, natural environment. Bransilver is truly an American and international treasure.”

Brian Cassie, Foxboro, MA
“I have most of the native North American orchid books published in the last 120 years and, especially in the past few decades, they are decidedly dull. There are a few notable exceptions and your book counts among them.”