Allan and the Holy Flower
by H. Rider Haggard
Allan and the Sacred Flower) is a 1915 novel by H. Ryder Haggard featuring Allan Quatermaine. It first appeared as a series in The Windsor Magazine. Wandering around Africa for years, Brother John trusts Allan with a gigantic and rare orchid, the largest orchid ever found. Allan arrives in England with a flower and meets Mr. Somers, an orchid collector who is ready to finance an expedition to find a plant there.