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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most Seminoles speak what language?

2. What event had John Laroche attended which got him into plants and horticulture?

3. How many species are in the Pleurothallis genus of orchids?

4. From what university did Susan Orlean graduate?

5. How many species are in the Dendrobium genus of orchids?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was William Micholitz? What story is related of him?

2. When was the first orchid bloomed in England? Who began the collecting craze?

3. What did Susan think of Laroche after the orchid show in Gorgeous? What did he ask her?

4. What did John Laroche reveal about his love of orchids in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

5. What does an orchid do when pollinating? What are orchids' habitat?

6. What scene did Laroche cause at a friend's nursery in Cloning the Ghost?

7. What events happened to John Laroche before he began working for the Seminoles?

8. How big is the Fakahatchee Strand? What plants and animals live there?

9. Who were Frederick Sander and Benedict Roezl?

10. Describe orchid hunting. When did this activity begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the orchid family. What makes orchids special and different from other plants and collectible flowers?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the life and work of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward. How did Ward's work change the plant-shipping industry?

Essay Topic 3

How was the orchid trade during Victorian times is different than it is today? What dangers existed during that period? Are there dangers in hunting today?

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