Nero Wolfe, a passionate collector of orchids, a great gourmand, a beer lover, and a brilliant detective, practically never leaves his home. He solves all crimes based on the facts collected by Archie Goodwin—his charming, ironic assistant with an excellent memory.
Two of Nero Wolfe’s cases are connected to black orchids. In the first, he is ready to prove the innocence of a grower, but as a fee he asks for all the black orchids the man has grown. In the second, he sends them to the funeral of a woman whose murder he is investigating...