Description: Author Hansen offers up an adventure into the remarkable world of the orchid and the bizarre array of characters who dedicate their lives to it. The orchid is used for everything from medicine for elephants to an aphrodisiac ice cream. But the orchid is also the center of an illicit international business that takes the reader into enchanting and entertaining tour of an exotic world.
Review Quotes: "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