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The Lost Orchid : A Story of Victorian Plunder and Obsession by Sarah Bilston publishing expert sourcing and interviews withThe forgotten story of a decades long international quest for a rare and coveted orchid, chronicling the botanists, plant hunters, and collectors who relentlessly pursued it at great human and environmental cost. In 1818, a curious root arrived in a small English village, tuckedseemingly by accidentin a packing case mailed from Brazil. The amateur botanist who cultivated it soon realized that he had something remarkable on his hands: an exceptionally