Academic botany never held much interest for me. Oh, sure, I smoked the odd plant from time to time during academics, but I had never been drawn to the serious study of flora and fauna beyond a hobby. I was a medical student. My focus was studying what lurked in the deep recesses of the human body. The whence of strange pains and the what of disgusting growth. I wanted to know what made us tick and why, and what went on inside. Thanks to the city of Munich, I was learning. Having had a natural affinity...