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Carlos Magdalena

    Carlos Magdalena is a leading expert in tropical botanical horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He is an internationally renowned lecturer and, above all, a master plant propagator. Through his unique skills, he is dedicated to saving the world's rarest plants. His work holds fundamental importance for the planet's biodiversity.

    Der Pflanzen Messias
    The plant Messiah : adventures in search of the world's rarest species
    • Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens is not your average botanical horticulturist. He's a man on a mission to save the world's most endangered plants from destruction and thieves hunting for wealthy collectors. He is a plant messiah. From the planet's tiniest waterlily - the Nymphaea thermarum - to Huarango trees with roots over 50 metres long, Carlos has a miraculous ability to bring breathtakingly beautiful plants back from the brink of extinction. He has travelled to the most remote and dangerous parts of the world - from the mountains of Peru to isolated Indian Ocean islands to the deepest Australian outback - in search of the rarest exotic species. Then, back in the Tropical Nursery at Kew, he uses pioneering, left-field techniques to help them grow. Now he's here to spread the gospel. The Plant Messiah is the inspirational story of a man who has devoted - and risked - his life to save incredible species, all in the name of making this Earth a greener and happier place. Amen to that.

      The plant Messiah : adventures in search of the world's rarest species
    • Carlos Magdalena hat eine Mission, er will gefährdete Pflanzen vor dem Aussterben bewahren: von der kleinsten Seerose der Welt bis zu Bäumen mit über fünfzig Meter langen Wurzeln. Er reist zu den entlegensten Orten der Erde - von der Bergwelt Perus über die abgelegenen Inseln des Indischen Ozeans bis in die Tiefen des australischen Outbacks -, auf der Suche nach seltenen exotischen Arten. An seinem Arbeitsplatz in Kew Gardens widmet er sich der Erforschung dieser Pflanzen, entwickelt wegweisende neue Techniken, sie zu vermehren, und versucht alles, um sie in ihrem Wachstum zu stärken und ihren Bestand zu sichern. Sein Buch ist ein sympathisches und mitreißendes Zeugnis wahrer Leidenschaft, beseelt vom Wunsch nach einer besseren, grüneren Welt.

      Der Pflanzen Messias