The Orchid Outlaw: On a Mission to Save Britain's Rarest Flowers Rescue Boxes The 'Peacock' variety is a

The 'Peacock' variety is a cultivated form

Philodendron Fuzzy Petiole is an unidentified species native to Equador

It thrives in warm conditions similar to its native tropical habitat

Hardiness: evergreen and reliably hardy across most of the UK once established

or planted in a hot sun-trap and protected when frost threatens

The Orchid Outlaw: On a Mission to Save Britain's Rarest Flowers Rescue Boxes The 'Peacock' variety is a'A daring, delightful and galvanising call to save the world, one plant at a time' Bookseller, Editor's ChoiceTEN YEARS AGO, BEN JACOB TURNED OUTLAW TO SAVE OUR RAREST FLOWERS. THIS IS HIS STORY. Obsessed by orchids since childhood, Ben spent years travelling to far flung jungles to see them in the wild. Then a chance encounter set him off on a journey of discovery into the wonderful, but often forgotten, world of Britain's fifty one native species.