Orchid Fever
A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy
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Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7699291M
- ISBN-139780679451419
- ISBN-100679451412
- OCLC Control Number42383470
- Internet Archiveorchidfever00eric_1
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- Library of Congress Control Number99044582
- LibraryThing105571
- Goodreads7101163
Classifications
- LCCSB61 .H36 2000
Description
Explores the lesser-known political and bureaucratic adventures surrounding the orchid; reveals its esoteric uses, from elephant medicine to aphrodisiac; and considers its horticultural mysteries and the lengths to which some have gone for its cultivation.
First Sentence
There is something distinctive about the sight and sound of a human body falling from the rain forest canopy.
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