The orchid outlaw : on a mission to save Britain's rarest flowers
Jacob, Ben S., 1977-2023
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Ten years ago, Ben Jacob turned outlaw to save our rarest flowers. This is his story. Obsessed by orchids since childhood, Ben spent his twenties travelling to far-flung jungles to see them in the wild. Returning to the UK, he was entranced to discover our fifty-one native species and their exotic stories: the Bee whose flower looks (and smells) so much like one that even bees are fooled, the Ghost which exists without direct sunlight, and the Autumn Lady's-tresses that helped Darwin work out his theory of evolution.
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Author:
Jacob, Ben S., 1977-, author
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2023.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399802260 (hbk)
Dewey class:
584.15
LC class:
QK495.O64
Language:
English
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BRN:
3383631
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