The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the Worldâ s Rarest Species

Magdalena, Carlos

ISBN 10: 0241292328 / ISBN 13: 9780241292327

Published by Viking, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the Worldâ s Rarest Species
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241292328
• ISBN 13: 9780241292327
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 320 grams

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Synopsis

Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens is not your average botanical horticulturist. He's a man on a mission to save the world's most endangered plants from destruction and thieves hunting for wealthy collectors. He is a plant messiah. From the planet's tiniest waterlily - the Nymphaea thermarum - to Huarango trees with roots over 50 metres long, Carlos has a miraculous ability to bring breathtakingly beautiful plants back from the brink of extinction. He has travelled to the most remote and dangerous parts of the world - from the mountains of Peru to isolated Indian Ocean islands to the deepest Australian outback - in search of the rarest exotic species. Then, back in the Tropical Nursery at Kew, he uses pioneering, left-field techniques to help them grow. Now he's here to spread the gospel. The Plant Messiah is the inspirational story of a man who has devoted - and risked - his life to save incredible species, all in the name of making this Earth a greener and happier place. Amen to that.

About the Author

Carlos Magdalena is Botanical Horticulturist in the Tropical Nursery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, an international lecturer, and Chairman of the International Waterlily & Water Gardens Society. He is renowned for his unique skills as a plant propagator who is saving the world's rarest plants.