WILD orchids are Yoshi Mardoni Adisufanas great passion. He felt like he was having a heart attack when he read a story in the newspaper, 11 years ago. The police had caught an orchid smuggling ring in San Jose, California, USA. The group had illegally transported 1,500 naturally-growing orchids. Even more surprising, the flowers were stolen from pristine Indonesian forests.

The crime made Yoshi extremely agitated. Indonesias living jewels, 500 or