orchid
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Since a store-bought orchid can take around two years to grow, Chen said he’s wracked by tariff uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
It can take a decade of hard work to bring a new orchid to market.
From BBC ● May 14, 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
An orchid corsage in hand, I picked up Melba June and together we strolled into the Big Creek High School gymnasium, a proud couple.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
As the meadow developed, thousands of orchids became established naturally.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 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
The cultivation of orchids is a resource heavy business.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
For readers enjoying their potted orchids at home, Mr. Haskell has a sobering message.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
They peer into taxidermists’ drawers full of feathers and talons and glass eyeballs; they flip through two-hundred-year-old herbarium sheets bedecked with orchids and daisies and herbs.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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