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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many species are in the Dendrobium genus of orchids?
(a) 1200.
(b) 825.
(c) 245.
(d) 657.

2. When did the Seminole Wars take place?
(a) 1816-1838.
(b) 1822-1856.
(c) 1818-1858.
(d) 1828-1833.

3. After Hurricane Andrew hit, Laroche had given up his nursery business forever, saying that he would die of what if he ever opened one up again?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Drowning.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) Execution.

4. When was Charles Darwin born?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1818.

5. Where was John Laroche born?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what order does the Ghost Orchid belong?

2. When was John Laroche born?

3. In Orchid Fever, Susan writes that the international trade in orchids is more than how much per year?

4. What refers to a trait that is shared by two or more taxa and their most recent common ancestor, whose ancestor in turn does not possess the trait?

5. There are over how many known species of orchids?

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