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orchid

[awr-kid] / ˈɔr kɪd /




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Centuries of human intervention - selective breeding and propagation - have made the genetic background of many commercial orchids a "disaster", according to leading Dutch orchid breeding firm Floricultura.

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

Being experts in orchid ecology and evolution, Suetsugu's team took on the challenge to find out who feeds the young orchids.

From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025

After all, I hadn’t gotten the greenhouse orchid from New Mexico.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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