The Orchid Thief, which tells the true story of an obsessive collector named John Laroche and his scheme to poach the Fakahatchee’s rare orchids. The book was also the basis of the 2002 movie ...

He wrote a comedy, Adaptation, about the difficulty he had adapting the book The Orchid Thief to the screen. It is unclear how closely the movie will follow Gefen’s story.

The enchantingly beautiful native orchid is, tragically, one of Britain’s most endangered wildflowers, but it’s still possible to see them if you look in the right places, says Ben Jacob, author of ...