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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Osceola's Head.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kerry's Bromeliads houses how many bromeliads?
(a) 850,000.
(b) 2.2 million.
(c) 1.4 million.
(d) 450,000.

2. What is a plant that grows upon another plant non-parasitically or sometimes upon some other object, derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and sometimes from debris accumulating around it, and is found in the temperate zone?
(a) Chamaephyte.
(b) Cryptophyte.
(c) Epiphyte.
(d) Phanerophyte.

3. After Hurricane Andrew hit, Laroche had given up his nursery business forever, saying that he would die of what if he ever opened one up again?
(a) A broken heart.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Execution.
(d) A heart attack.

4. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for what periodical since 1992?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Time Magazine.
(d) Newsweek.

5. Who discovered the last species of Cattleya that would be discovered?
(a) Robert Fuchs.
(b) John Lindley.
(c) Frank Smith.
(d) Lee Moore.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Laroche is introduced as being an eccentric person who is tall, skinny and handsome despite what?

2. At what strength did Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida?

3. How many genera are there in the orchid family?

4. What parts of the Ghost Orchid did Susan and her park ranger friend see in A Green Hell?

5. Pollination of the Ghost Orchid is done by what?

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