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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Anyone Can Grow Orchids.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Denise to Motes Orchids in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?
(a) Ron.
(b) Jeremy.
(c) Trent.
(d) Richard.

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

3. What publication about orchids did Frederick Sander publish?
(a) Reichenbachia.
(b) Orchidarenisus.
(c) The Orchid Diaries.
(d) Classifications of Orchids.

4. What does CITES stand for?
(a) Convention on International Trade in Exotic Species of Cultivated Plants.
(b) Convention on International Trade in Exotic Species of Plants..
(c) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
(d) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna.

5. What is a venomous pit viper species found in the southeastern United States which is the heaviest (though not longest) venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake?
(a) Pacific Rattlesnake.
(b) Rock Rattlesnake.
(c) Diamondback Rattlesnake.
(d) Sidewinder.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Du Pont founded?

2. 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?

3. Where was Benedict Roezl from?

4. John Laroche claimed of his family that the Laroches were a family of what?

5. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?

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