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ORCHID FEVER

作者 HANSEN, ERIC
出版社 Penguin Random House LLC
商品描述 ORCHID FEVER:蘭花既可作為醫治大象的草藥,也可作成誘發情慾的冰淇淋;有種馬來西亞蘭花長成後可達半噸,南美蘭花則拿花粉當飛鏢射向飛舞的蜜蜂…『作客雨林』作者EricHa

內容簡介

內容簡介 The acclaimed author of Motoring with Mohammed 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.The 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."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"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." —USA Today

各界推薦

各界推薦 1993年Hansen伴隨兩位養蘭者,回到婆羅洲濕霧瀰漫的雨林,為的是尋找珍貴罕見的蘭花之王Paphiopedilum sanderianum;在追尋的途中,Hansen從北極凍原上的養蘭人、德國境內聲名狼藉的地下交易員、倫敦皇家植物園裏自命不凡的蘭花專家、只為了走私價值三十美元蘭花而躲藏七年之久的收藏家等令人或搖頭或嘖嘖稱奇的故事中,一點一滴地認識了蘭花無與倫比的魅力。而每年高達九十億美金的交易市場,也使得蘭花成為非法國際交易中炙手可熱的商品。如同十七世紀荷蘭的「鬱金香」,脆弱嬌豔的蘭花再度令人類的貪婪無所遁形。

作者介紹

作者介紹 Eric Hansen now lives in San Francisco, but over the last twenty-five years he has traveled throughout Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Nepal, and Southeast Asia. His articles and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Travel and Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, Outside Magazine, Men's Journal, Natural History Magazine, GEO, and Amica. He is also the author of two highly acclaimed books: Stranger in the Forest and Motoring with Mohammed (available in paperback from Vintage Books). He can be reached at [email protected] the Hardcover edition.

商品規格

書名 / ORCHID FEVER
作者 / HANSEN, ERIC
簡介 / ORCHID FEVER:蘭花既可作為醫治大象的草藥,也可作成誘發情慾的冰淇淋;有種馬來西亞蘭花長成後可達半噸,南美蘭花則拿花粉當飛鏢射向飛舞的蜜蜂…『作客雨林』作者EricHa
出版社 / Penguin Random House LLC
ISBN13 / 9780679771838
ISBN10 / 0679771832
EAN / 9780679771838
誠品26碼 / 2611264472007
頁數 / 288
注音版 /
裝訂 / P:平裝
語言 / 3:英文
級別 / N:無

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