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Calypso is a genus of orchids containing one species, Calypso bulbosa, known as the calypso orchid, fairy slipper or Venus's slipper. It is a perennial member of the orchid family found in undisturbed northern and montane forests .
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Farm to Market Road 2696 (FM 2696) is a 16-mile (26 km) farm to market road in Bexar County, Texas. [1] It is known in Greater San Antonio as Blanco Road , a major north–south thoroughfare. [ 1 ]
The site of the master plan was a former limestone quarry and waterworks area owned by the city. Voters approved $265,000 in bonds in 1970, which was the catalyst for funding the new gardens. Ground was broken for the new facilities on July 21, 1976, and the San Antonio Botanical Gardens officially opened to the public on May 3, 1980.
At her time with the University of Michigan, Flores began participating in boycotts across Detroit. Flores met her husband, Jim Harrington, when she was living in Detroit and married him in 1973, with the two of them settling in South Texas where he worked with the ACLU efforts on farm workers rights, and she volunteered at boycotts and organizing.
The Conservation Society of San Antonio (legally incorporated as the San Antonio Conservation Society) is located in the Bexar County city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. Founding members were Emily Edwards , who became the organization's first president, and Rena Maverick Green .
The San Antonio Missions are a World Heritage Site located in and near San Antonio, Texas, United States. The World Heritage Site consists of five mission sites, a historic ranch, and related properties. These outposts were established in the early 1700s by Catholic religious orders to spread Christianity among the local natives.