num_pages: 353
description: Describes the life and times of John Laroche, a plant smuggler and orchid thief, and the eccentric world of Florida's obsessed collectors of rare plants
language: English
title: The Orchid Thief
titlecomplete: The Orchid Thief
genres: Crime, Nonfiction, True Crime, Journalism, History, Memoir, Science, Audiobook, Nature, Biography
ratings_count: 19016
places: Florida, Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Florida
publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc