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2. One man’s journey to catalog Florida’s rare and native ...

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   He laughs about all this starting with $25. That was how much it cost to buy Dr. Carlyle A. Luer’s “The Native Orchids of Florida” at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami in 1972.

3. Want to Try Growing Orchids? Give These Varieties a Look - AOL

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   Also known as "jewel orchids," ludisia orchids make up a rare genus that only includes one species. These orchids have dark green leaves and small white flowers that bloom in the fall and winter ...

4. Beautiful and fascinating, Orchids can grow almost anywhere ...

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   Dancing lady orchids are light loving orchids that can live in 40-70% humidity. I also love boat orchids ( Cymbidium ). They are cool growing, so they work well in indoor environments, provided ...

5. The Orchid Thief - Wikipedia

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   Plant dealer John Edward Laroche (born February 19, 1962, in Florida) was determined to find and clone the rare ghost orchid for profit. Along the way, Orlean becomes fascinated with ghost orchids and meets many orchid enthusiasts. [3] In their and Laroche's struggles and oddities, she gets a glimpse of true passion for the first time in her life.

6. Cooktownia - Wikipedia

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   Cooktownia robertsii, commonly known as the mystery orchid, [2] is the only species of plant in the orchid genus Cooktownia and is endemic to far north Queensland.It is a rare ground orchid, named in honour of the first scientist to discover it, Lewis Roberts and has two ground-hugging leaves and up to nine small green flowers.

7. Spiranthes diluvialis - Wikipedia

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   Spiranthes diluvialis is a rare species of orchid known as Ute lady's tresses [5] (also, Ute ladies'-tresses).The species name diluvialis means "of the flood". [6] It is native to the western United States, where there are scattered, mostly small occurrences in the states of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.