Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The orchid hunter : a young botanist's search for happiness / Leif Bersweden.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Short Books, 2017Description: 363 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1780723342
  • 9781780723341
Subject(s): Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: A bee's eye view -- Shakespeare's long purples -- Stumped by Ireland's Mediterranean orchid -- The loose flowers of Jersey -- The lady of the woods and her hanged man -- Orchids of the Emerald Isle -- Swords of the Hampshire Hangers -- The desirable category of very rare orchids -- Butterflies and burnt tips -- The lady's slipper -- The curse of the coralroot -- Finding the fragrants -- Those little green ones -- Mimic -- Queen of the Cotswolds -- Orchids of the Western Isles -- Midsummer musk -- Holy helleborines -- Ghost hunting -- August orchids -- Spirals by the sea
Summary: He has just a few months to complete his quest - no one has ever done it before - and it will require ingenuity, stamina and a large dose of luck. Like Two Owls at Eton and My Family and Other Animals, this is a charming, witty account of a precocious adolescent's obsession with the natural world. As he battles the vagaries of the British climate in his clapped-out car, feverishly chasing each emerging bloom, Leif Bersweden takes the reader on a remarkable botanical journey. This study of the 52 native species is a fantastic gateway into the compendious world of orchids - one that will open your eyes to the rare hidden delights to be found on hilltops and riverbanks, in woodland, marsh and field.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB409.5.G7 B47 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800172777
Total holds: 0

Introduction: A bee's eye view -- Shakespeare's long purples -- Stumped by Ireland's Mediterranean orchid -- The loose flowers of Jersey -- The lady of the woods and her hanged man -- Orchids of the Emerald Isle -- Swords of the Hampshire Hangers -- The desirable category of very rare orchids -- Butterflies and burnt tips -- The lady's slipper -- The curse of the coralroot -- Finding the fragrants -- Those little green ones -- Mimic -- Queen of the Cotswolds -- Orchids of the Western Isles -- Midsummer musk -- Holy helleborines -- Ghost hunting -- August orchids -- Spirals by the sea

He has just a few months to complete his quest - no one has ever done it before - and it will require ingenuity, stamina and a large dose of luck. Like Two Owls at Eton and My Family and Other Animals, this is a charming, witty account of a precocious adolescent's obsession with the natural world. As he battles the vagaries of the British climate in his clapped-out car, feverishly chasing each emerging bloom, Leif Bersweden takes the reader on a remarkable botanical journey. This study of the 52 native species is a fantastic gateway into the compendious world of orchids - one that will open your eyes to the rare hidden delights to be found on hilltops and riverbanks, in woodland, marsh and field.

Powered by Koha