botanics

A love story for plants. "The Plant Messiah" is the nickname given to Carlos Magdalena, an asturian who, from an early age, was attracted to the world of plants. However, it was not until he was 28 that he began training and working as a botanical horticulturist, eventually becoming one ...

"The Plant Messiah". Adventures in search of the World's rarest Species. Carlos Magdalena, tropical botanical horticulturist at RBG Kew, dedicated to saving and conserving endangered plants. One of the extraordinary stories told by Magdalena in her book is that of the brown coffee plant, Ramosmania rodriguesii, a native of Rodrigues ...