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Orchid hunting is a mortal occupation.
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Victorian-era orchid hunter
William Arnold...
:14:09
... drowned on a collecting expedition.
:14:13
Osmers vanished without a trace
in Asia.
:14:18
Augustus Margary survived toothache,
rheumatism, pleurisy and dysentery...
:14:26
... only to be murdered when
he completed his mission...
:14:29
...and traveled beyond Bhamo.
:14:34
Laroche loved orchids, but I....
:14:37
I came to believe he loved the
difficulty and fatality of getting them...
:14:41
...almost as much as he loved
the orchids themselves.
:14:45
l've been a professional horticulturist
for, like, 1 2 years.
:14:50
l owned my own plant nursery,
which was destroyed by the hurricane.
:14:53
l'm a professional plant lecturer.
:14:55
l've given over, like, 60 lectures
on the cultivation of plants.
:14:59
l'm a published author,
both in magazine and book form.
:15:02
And l have extensive experience
with orchids...
:15:05
...and the asexual micropropagation
of orchids under aseptic cultures.
:15:10
That's laboratory work.
lt's not at all like your nursery work.
:15:16
l'm probably the smartest person
l know.
:15:19
-Thank you.
-You're very welcome.
:15:25
Mr. Laroche?
l'm Susan Orlean.
:15:28
l'm a writer for The New York er.
lt's a magazine that--
:15:30
l'm familiar with The New York er.
:15:33
'' The New York er?
Yes, The New York er.'' Right?
:15:36
That's right.
:15:38
l'm very interested in doing a piece
on your situation here, and--
:15:42
Yeah? Yeah.
:15:43
You wanna put this in?
:15:45
l don't care what goes on here.
:15:47
l'm right, and l'll take it all the way
to Supreme Court.
:15:50
Because that judge can screw herself.
:15:59
-That for real would go in?
-Absolutely.