ORCHIDS
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I have always loved orchids - the thrill of finding these colorful
blooms in the wild has never diminished for me. Of course I am living
in the ideal location for finding these treasures - on the Gold Coast. My mother cultivated orchids with a great passion and talent, perhaps this is what fostered my apreciation for these beautiful and interesting plants. The Cooktown Orchid illustrated at the left; is the Floral Emblem for Queensland. This beautiful illustration by Vera Scarth-Johnson shows the Cooktown orchid growing on a frangipani tree. In Australia we have an underground orchid that never sees the light of day, [Rhizanthella Slateri] it relies on ants and other terrestial insects to polinate it. Orchids have an ancient origin and science indicates that the orchid shared its environment with the dinasours a 100 million years ago. To learn more about the reproduction, types and evolution of orchids...... |
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