orchid
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They are the large blue butterfly, the Duke of Burgundy butterfly, the marsh fritillary butterfly, the wart-biter cricket, juniper and the burnt-tip orchid.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
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
“I probably should’ve known you’d think that. We’d been talking about the orchid just a few days before.”
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
As the meadow developed, thousands of orchids became established naturally.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The cultivation of orchids is a resource heavy business.
From BBC ● May 14, 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
“Working in orchids has been like living in a dream,” Gripp said in a 2023 interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
So we went in together and he got them from behind the door—you should have seen the orchids blooming with all that sunlight coming in—and we went down to the horseshoe pits.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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