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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many acres make up the Fakahatchee Strand?
(a) 143,775.
(b) 36,450.
(c) 63,000.
(d) 24,000.

2. What event had John Laroche attended which got him into plants and horticulture?
(a) The World Orthophytum Show.
(b) The World Bromeliad Show.
(c) The World Connellia Show.
(d) The World Edmundoa Show.

3. To what order does the Ghost Orchid belong?
(a) Alismatales.
(b) Asparagales.
(c) Petrosaviales.
(d) Pandanales.

4. The collector of Ghost Orchids in Plant Crimes had the secret of putting the baby ghost orchids in what kind of tree?
(a) Plum.
(b) Mango.
(c) Orange.
(d) Cypress.

5. The Seminole tribe were looking for someone to start a nursery because they owned how much land in Florida?
(a) Hundreds of acres.
(b) 100 acres.
(c) Millions of acres.
(d) Thousands of acres.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kerry's Bromeliads houses how many bromeliads?

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

3. The owners of the Orchid Jungle won how much money in the Florida state lottery?

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

5. What woman famous in the orchid community for her touch with Ghost Orchids suffered a plant crime when someone mysteriously destroys the pods of some of her orchids?

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