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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Osceola's Head.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather came across orchids while traveling through what town?
(a) Boca Raton, Florida.
(b) Homestead, Florida.
(c) Kissimmee, Florida.
(d) Palm Beach, Florida.

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

3. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for what periodical since 1992?
(a) Time Magazine.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) Newsweek.

4. What genus of plants were brought to south Florida as an ornamental landscape plant from Australia?
(a) Melaleuca.
(b) Stemona.
(c) Croomia.
(d) Pentastemona.

5. How many species are in the Bulbophyllum genus of orchids?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 5,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first orchid to bloom in England was not collected by a professional hunter, but brought back by whom?

2. Robert Fuchs is from a family that has been growing orchids for how many generations?

3. Where was John Laroche born?

4. Where did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

5. When was John Laroche born?

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