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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. Orchids from seeds take a long time because many of the plants rarely form what?
(a) Cotyledons.
(b) Roots.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Seed pods.

2. The Fakahatchee Strand is 25 miles south of where?
(a) Jacksonville, Florida.
(b) Naples, Florida.
(c) Gainesville, Florida.
(d) Orlando, Florida.

3. What snake is also known as the water moccasin, swamp moccasin or black moccasin?
(a) Cottonmouth.
(b) Copperhead.
(c) Scarlet Kingsnake.
(d) Banded Water Snake.

4. What killed most of Larouche's nursery stock after his car accident?
(a) A frost.
(b) Hail.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) Snow.

5. How long does it take to determine whether cloning was effective in orchids?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 75 days.
(c) 2 months
(d) 6 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did William Spencer Cavendish begin collecting orchids?

2. What publication about orchids did Frederick Sander publish?

3. Where is Denise from in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?

4. When does the Ghost Orchid blossom?

5. What did Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward put into a jar and then forget about it?

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