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Millones de plantas, manías vegetales: la transplantación de orquídeas en los siglos xix y xx

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Iberoromania
From the journal Iberoromania

Resumen

Durante el siglo xix, la intensa comercialización de orquídeas tropicales entre América del Sur y Europa, especialmente entre Colombia y el Reino Unido, generó una fiebre conocida como orquideomanía. Este fenómeno involucró a una amplia red de actores y transformó profundamente la relación entre humanos y orquídeas. El texto analiza cómo millones de orquídeas fueron extraídas de ecosistemas andinos, impulsados por una demanda creciente en Europa. Se explora también la invisibilización de los recolectores locales, la transformación de las orquídeas en mercancías imperiales y el rol esencial de jardineros europeos en su conservación. A través de este análisis, el texto plantea una reflexión crítica sobre los legados coloniales del comercio botánico.

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