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Orchid fever : a horticultural tale of love, lust, and lunacy / Eric Hansen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Pantheon Books, c2000.Description: x, 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0679451412
  • 9780679451419
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB61 .H36 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Journey to Fire Mountain -- Bodice rippers -- The wizard of Oz -- Orchid fever -- Henry Azadehdel: orchid collector -- The fox testicle ice vream of Kemal Kucukonderuzunkoluk -- Au Yong and the pollen thief -- The orchid judges -- The scent of an orchid -- Perfumed legs at the oyster bar -- On the road with Dr. Braem -- The orchid raids -- A visit to Kew Gardens -- The forbidden flowers of Gunnar Seidenfaden -- Orchids, guns, and harpsichords -- Tom Nelson and the bog orchid rescue -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272).

Journey to Fire Mountain -- Bodice rippers -- The wizard of Oz -- Orchid fever -- Henry Azadehdel: orchid collector -- The fox testicle ice vream of Kemal Kucukonderuzunkoluk -- Au Yong and the pollen thief -- The orchid judges -- The scent of an orchid -- Perfumed legs at the oyster bar -- On the road with Dr. Braem -- The orchid raids -- A visit to Kew Gardens -- The forbidden flowers of Gunnar Seidenfaden -- Orchids, guns, and harpsichords -- Tom Nelson and the bog orchid rescue -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography.