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orchid

[awr-kid] / ˈɔr kɪd /




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“This is so tragic,” one person commented on the gallery’s post, noting that Summers had recently bid on an orchid print they were preparing for her.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

While the rewards can be significant - the global orchid market is worth hundreds of millions of dollars - the competition to produce the next gorgeous flower is intense.

From BBC May 14, 2026

Some may be tiny, like the orchid babies nursing on wood-eating fungi; others may be gargantuan, like the Posidonia australis.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Koja is concerned about the loss of unique indigenous trees like the giant orchid, already a problem before mining has even started.

From Barron's Oct. 26, 2025

Even though the logical side of me knew it was probably unfair, I wanted to scream at Twig for bringing Dari, for telling him about the orchid.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

Still, every spare inch is crammed with more than 32 different kinds of orchids imported from around the world, including such beauties as the flame-like Epidendrum radicans and the rare Dimorphorchis lowii.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

My late father-in-law loved orchids, and in his decadeslong passion he built and maintained two large greenhouses.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Darwin's work on orchids suggested that highly specialized flower structures played a major role in the formation of new species.

From Science Daily May 13, 2026

He, fellow staff and scores of volunteers were shuffling between tasks like firing up stoves and spreading protective covers on a collection of smaller plants, like orchids.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

Now, with no queens or kings, it had grown wild, a forest of huge trees laced with dragon-flowers and firelocks and bushes of orchids.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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