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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Osceola's Head.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the Ghost Orchid blossom?
(a) Between December and April.
(b) Between May and August.
(c) Between May and September.
(d) Between June and August.

2. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for what periodical since 1992?
(a) Rolling Stone.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Time Magazine.

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. Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather came across orchids while traveling through what town?
(a) Boca Raton, Florida.
(b) Kissimmee, Florida.
(c) Homestead, Florida.
(d) Palm Beach, Florida.

5. How many species are in the Bulbophyllum genus of orchids?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 2,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company had begun logging the Fakahatchee Strand for cypress trees in the 1950s?

2. One of the largest nurseries in south Florida, Kerry's Bromeliads houses over how many orchids?

3. Kerry's Bromeliads houses how many bromeliads?

4. Who was put into a coma from the car accident John Laroche had?

5. Most Seminoles speak what language?

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