John Laroche, an American horticulturist known for his obsession with orchids. He is the central figure in Susan Orlean’s non-fiction book The Orchid Thief, which details his scheme to collect rare ghost orchids from the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve in Florida.
John Laroche, an American horticulturist known for his obsession with orchids. He is the central figure in Susan Orlean’s non-fiction book The Orchid Thief, which details his scheme to collect rare ghost orchids from the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve in Florida.