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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Anyone Can Grow Orchids.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what order does the Ghost Orchid belong?
(a) Asparagales.
(b) Alismatales.
(c) Pandanales.
(d) Petrosaviales.

2. What is a plant that grows upon another plant non-parasitically or sometimes upon some other object, derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and sometimes from debris accumulating around it, and is found in the temperate zone?
(a) Epiphyte.
(b) Cryptophyte.
(c) Chamaephyte.
(d) Phanerophyte.

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

4. When did William Spencer Cavendish begin collecting orchids?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1826.

5. What parts of the Ghost Orchid did Susan and her park ranger friend see in A Green Hell?
(a) Roots.
(b) Pollen.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What publication about orchids did Frederick Sander publish?

2. Laroche told Susan that he understood her love of orchids because they bring about a sort of what in people?

3. The Fakahatchee Strand is 25 miles south of where?

4. What park ranger did Susan meet in A Green Hell?

5. What is a venomous pit viper species found in the southeastern United States which is the heaviest (though not longest) venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake?

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