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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gorgeous.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many species are in the Dendrobium genus of orchids?
(a) 245.
(b) 1200.
(c) 657.
(d) 825.

2. When was Frederick Sander born?
(a) 1831.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1835.

3. What is the genus of the Ghost Orchid?
(a) Campylocentrum.
(b) Harrisella.
(c) Dendrophylax.
(d) Neobathiea.

4. When did William Spencer Cavendish begin collecting orchids?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1826.

5. What did Laroche do at the nursery he took Susan to visit in Cloning the Ghost?
(a) Sold some orchids.
(b) Burned all the plants.
(c) Took back some plants.
(d) Drowned the plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many acres make up the Fakahatchee Strand?

2. In Orchid Fever, Susan writes that the international trade in orchids is more than how much per year?

3. What kind of orchid was John Laroche accused of attempting to steal in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

4. What orchid hunter sent a telegram saying that the ship he was on had caught fire and was lost, yet Frederick Sander insisted he move on?

5. What refers to any of a class of angiosperm plants having a single cotyledon in the seed?

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