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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Laroche claimed his plan was to teach the Seminoles everything he knows about what?
(a) The swamp.
(b) Cypress trees.
(c) Nature.
(d) Botany.

2. What German tireless collector is the reason why Frederick Sander became so influential in the orchid community?
(a) Tom Hart Dyke.
(b) Benedict Roezl.
(c) Albert Millican.
(d) William Micholitz.

3. From what university did Susan Orlean graduate?
(a) The University of Illinois.
(b) The University of Michigan.
(c) The University of Kentucky.
(d) The University of Indiana.

4. When did Charles Darwin publish Fertilization of Orchids?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1861.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What killed most of Larouche's nursery stock after his car accident?

3. To what order does the Ghost Orchid belong?

4. 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?

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

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