Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Methuen non-fiction
ISBN-10
0413747506
ISBN-13
9780413747501
Edition
New
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Imprint
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 5th, 2001
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
204 grams
Dimensions
19.60 x 12.90 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Gardening: flowersGardening: flowers and ornamental plantsTravel writing
Ksh 1,600.00
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From the Orinoco River to the hothouses of Kew, this is a dark and humorous tale of orchid smugglers, visionary breeders; of corruption and murder; and of the bizarre world of international plant politics and the gentle people whose passion is the cultivation of these beautiful, fragile flowers.
A true story of one of the world's strangest plants and humanity's oddest obsessions: the orchid, brought to book by the author, traveller and self-confessed orchid obsessive. From the Orinoco River to the hothouses of Kew, and the clandestine nurseries of Europe to the peat bogs of Minnesota, this is a dark and humorous tale of orchid smugglers, ice-cream makers and visionary breeders; of courruption, murder and moths with 12-inch tongues; and of the vicious, bizarre world of international plant politics and the wide range of gentle people whose overriding passion is the cultivation of these beautiful, fragile flowers.
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