{"product_id":"orchid-fever-eric-hansen-9780679771838","title":"Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy","description":"The acclaimed author of \u003cb\u003eMotoring with Mohammed\u003c\/b\u003e brings us a compelling adventure into the remarkable world of the orchid and the impossibly bizarre array of international characters who dedicte their lives to it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe orchid is used for everything from medicine for elephants to an aphrodisiac ice cream. A Malaysian species can grow to weigh half a ton while a South American species fires miniature pollen darts at nectar-sucking bees. But the orchid is also the center of an illicit international business: one grower in Santa Barbara tends his plants while toting an Uzi, and a former collector has been in hiding for seven years after serving a jail sentence for smuggling thirty dollars worth of orchids into Britain. Deftly written and captivatingly researched, Orchid Fever is an endlessly enchanting and entertaining tour of an exotic world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wonderful book, I've been up all night reading it, laughing and crying out in horror and clucking at the vivid images of bureaucracy with the bit in its teeth.\" --Annie Proulx \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An extraordinary, well-told tale of botany, obsession and plant politics. Hansen's vivid descriptions of the complex techniques some orchids use to pollinate themselves will raise your eyebrows at nature's sexual ingenuity.\" --\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Hansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679771832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679771838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.26w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/09\/2001 pg. 75","brand":"Eric Hansen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981091045631,"sku":"9780679771838","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74979cdb-0821-444e-b6cc-01ef4c025310.jpg?v=1683253607","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/orchid-fever-eric-hansen-9780679771838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}