11 Battles at the gate

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Prologue 1
4. PART ItHe Case oPens
5. 1 Origins 17
6. 2 A Naturalist Arrives 25
7. 3 Trouble brewing 40
8. 4 Swainson vanishes 46
9. 5 “Old antiquity” 53
10. 6 The Russia Connection 62
11. PART II Exotic
12. 7 First Sight 73
13. 8 False Trail? 86
14. 9 Orchid Varieties 97
15. 10 “Orchids for the million” 103
16. 11 Battles at the gate 115
17. PART III The Darkling Plain
18. 12 A new dynasty 127
19. 13 Hatching a Plan 135
20. 14 Doctoring orchids 141
21. 15 Darwin’s Crisis 151
22. 16 “I much want a Cattleyea” 160
23. PART IV Survival of the fittest
24. 17 “The whole world’s gone Cattleya Crazy” 173
25. 18 Fakes 182
26. 19 Damage 195
27. 20 Entering the lists 202
28. 21 Ericsson and bungeroth 214
29. 22 The great Discovery 226
30. 23 The second great Discovery 239
31. 24 Errors 247
32. 25 “Some Brazilian” 258
33. 26 King of the Orchids 268
34. Epilogue 287
35. Note 295
36. Acknowledgments 365
37. Illustration Credits 369
38. Index 371