orchid
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“This is so tragic,” one person commented on the gallery’s post, noting that Summers had recently bid on an orchid print they were preparing for her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Some may be tiny, like the orchid babies nursing on wood-eating fungi; others may be gargantuan, like the Posidonia australis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Koja is concerned about the loss of unique indigenous trees like the giant orchid, already a problem before mining has even started.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
Being experts in orchid ecology and evolution, Suetsugu's team took on the challenge to find out who feeds the young orchids.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025
She was wearing a low-cut orange satin evening dress, and at the peak of her upswept hair there was a large artificial orchid.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
The stench is important for pollination, said Brandon Tam, the Huntington’s associate curator of orchids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The cultivation of orchids is a resource heavy business.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
My late father-in-law loved orchids, and in his decadeslong passion he built and maintained two large greenhouses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Darwin's work on orchids suggested that highly specialized flower structures played a major role in the formation of new species.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 2026
The orchids glistened, rivulets of rain streaming from their fleshy petals.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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