“Man-eating orchids” (March-April). Bernard Witlieb suggested as a possible answer the short story “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,” by H.G. Wells, in which a man breeds an orchid that overpowers him with its scent and sucks his blood until it is discovered in the act and destroyed by his housekeeper.
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A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.
Winners across five categories, from commentary on Gaza to criticism on public architecture
Michael Luo ’98 on the first great wave of immigration—and of nativist anti-immigrant reaction
A former educator takes on one last big project: sheep farming
Park offers art, nature, and history in New Hampshire
