Orchid Fever - A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust and Lunacy

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Hansen, Hansen Eric
• Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.02.2001
• EAN: 9780413747501
• ISBN: 978-0-413-74750-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 199 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Methuen non-fiction; Methuen non-fiction
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, GARDENING / Ornamental Plants, GARDENING / Flowers / General, Travel writing, Gardening: flowers, Gardening: flowers and ornamental plants