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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who named the Cattleya Orchid?
(a) Leonard Rosen.
(b) John Lindley.
(c) Lee Moore.
(d) Billy Powell.

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

3. 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?
(a) Symbiosis.
(b) Synapomorphy.
(c) Morphology.
(d) Biomorph.

4. How many genera are there in the orchid family?
(a) 975.
(b) 880.
(c) 129.
(d) 650.

5. What refers to a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to subtropical and tropical South America?
(a) Amazon lily.
(b) Brazilian pepper tree.
(c) Blue Dawn flower.
(d) Flame of the Forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What apes in the family Hylobatidae are often smuggled into Florida?

2. What is the name of Lee Moore's wife?

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

4. What type of orchid has a stem which grows from a single bud in which leaves are added from the apex each year, and the stem grows longer accordingly?

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

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