And so I set out to create a book, supported by the National Geographic Society, on the weirdest, wackiest plants we could find in one of the most biodiverse regions in the world: India's very own Western Ghats.

于是在国家地理学会的支持下，我开始写一本书，记录我们能在世界上生物多样性最丰富的地区 —— 印度自己的西高止山脉 —— 找到的最奇特、最古怪的植物。