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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of orchid produces a series of adjacent shoots which grow to a certain size, bloom and then stop growing, to be then replaced?
(a) Monopodial.
(b) Tripodial.
(c) Sympodial.
(d) Autopodial.

3. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?
(a) Lamina.
(b) Frond.
(c) Sheath.
(d) Bract.

4. What is a fungicide which was introduced in 1968 by DuPont and is a systemic benzimidazole fungicide that is selectively toxic to microorganisms and to invertebrates, especially earthworms?
(a) Azaconazole.
(b) Orysastrobin.
(c) Benomyl.
(d) Diclomezine.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Susan Orlean born?

3. What does CITES stand for?

4. What refers to a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived?

5. When was Du Pont founded?

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