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orchid

[awr-kid] / ˈɔr kɪd /




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He said the site has grown over the years, with a new community orchid and a national art project, where artists have planted a circle of oak trees.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The number and variety of plants increased over time, including locally rare species such as southern marsh orchid, greater tussock-sedge, yellow rattle and common centaury.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 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

I love every orchid equally,’ and he does,” his daughter said in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026

Is her mind betraying her, cultivating delusion like a hothouse orchid?

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Marsh harriers, bearded tits, flocks of waders and overwintering ducks and geese are a regular sight for visitors, along with otters, water voles, fen raft spiders, orchids and rare sharp-leaved pondweed.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

The double bloom this summer was “definitely a surprise,” said Brandon Tam, the Huntington’s associate curator of orchids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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

She was clutching a spray of orchids wrapped in clear cellophane.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin


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