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	Orchids Growing & Orchid Background Information
		Orchid habitats are diverse, ranging from Arctic regions to the tropics, from sea level to elevations as high as 12,500 feet.
		Orchid species in tropical, sub-tropical, warm and cool temperate rainforests are largely epiphytic (growing in trees) or lithophytic (growing in the crevices of rocks).
		Orchids, through their interactions with pollinators and their symbiosis with mycorrhizae fungi, are considered by some, along with the grasses, to be examples of the most complex floral evolution known.
	www.juliantrubin.com /encyclopedia/botany/orchid.html (3539 words)

	Giant Flowers
		Giant allium flowers can be used as a cut or dried flower and has a long vase life of 10-14 days when properly treated for its ethylene sensitivity.
		Giant miscanthus is native to Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and other islands in that part of the Pacific.
		Giant ragweed flowers are wind-pollinated and one of the chief causes of hay fever.
	www.angelfire.com /journal2/flowers/pcd19.html (1439 words)

	Orchid - Garden Flower information and images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Orchids (Orchidaceae family) are among the largest and most diverse of the flowering plant (angiospermae) families, with over 800 described genera and 25,000 (some sources give 30,000) species, and another 100,000 + hybrids and cultivars produced by horticulturalists.
		Orchids, through their floral complexity and their interactions with pollinators and their symbiosis with mycorrhizae, are considered by some, along with the grasses, to be examples of the most complex floral evolution known.
		Orchids get their name from the Greek orchis, meaning 'testicle', from the appearance of subterranean tuberoids in some terrestrial species.
	www.garden-flowers.net /Orchid.htm (2794 words)

	Linda's Orchid Pages - Strange Orchids
		I was the "Orchid Garden" columnist of Suite101 between November 1997 and February 2002.
		Orchids are not like any other flowers, you can not look at them and immediately tell what they are, like a rose, tulip or even daisies.
		As a rule orchids have three things in common, 3 petals, 3 sepals, and a column where the reproductive organs of the 3 stamen and 3 pistils are fused together.
	www.orchidlady.com /pages/orchidGarden/strangeOrchids.html (891 words)

	Giant Orchid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Giant Orchid, Grammatophyllum speciosum, also called Tiger Orchid, Sugar Cane Orchid or Queen of the Orchids, is the world's largest orchid.
		It is native to New Guinea, Indonesia and Malaysia, growing in crotches of large trees on exposed areas of the lowland tropical rainforest.
		A Giant Orchid weighing two tons was one of the highlights in the 1851 exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giant_Orchid (204 words)

	EXPLORE: Orchidaceae - Plant Guide
		Orchids, in their natural habitat, are considered by CITES as threatened or endangered.
		subtropical orchids, and these are the most commonly known, as they are available at nurseries and through orchid clubs across the world.
		roots, achlorophyllous orchids that are entirely reliant upon their mycorrhizal symbiont for their nutrition, "jewel" orchids with foliage that is as pretty as their flowers, and so many others that are capable of affecting the most dedicated of growers very deeply.
	www.marz-kreations.com /WildPlants/ORCH/Docs/OPHBO/Orchidaceae.htm (2038 words)

	Unusual plants: Hardy Ground Orchids
		The orchid family is truly huge, and growing daily as new hybrids and crosses continue to be cranked out by breeders.
		Aplectrum hyemale is an American native orchid that grows as far north as southern Ontario and Quebec, east to Maine, south to Georgia, and as far west as western Arkansas and Nebraska.
		Habenaria (Platanthera) blephariglottis, White Fringed Orchid is another eastern wild orchid, with a range from Ontario south along the eastern seaboard to Maryland.
	www.worldplants.com /orchids.htm (1230 words)

	Australian Orchid Council Inc. - Orchids Australia Magazine
		The premier event on the Australian orchid calendar is held every three years in different States, and this year hosting has been undertaken by the Orchid Club of South Australia Inc. The Conference dates are from 18 to 21 September, in the Centennial Hall of the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds.
		Orchids Australia editor, Dennis Simmons, recently visited the Flecker Botanic Gardens in Cairns, to see for himself a magnificent flowering of the giant orchid, Grammatophyllum papuanum, recording the flowering to share with OA readers.
		Des Pike concludes his excellent series on an alternative method of potting orchids in the tropics using plastic mesh tubes with plenty of illustrations (8 photos) to show the results and a host of handy hints..
	www.orchidsaustralia.com /v15no2.htm (1022 words)

	Wild Plants of Malta and Gozo - Plant: Barlia robertiana (Giant Orchid)
		This extremely rare orchid is easily distinguishable from the other Maltese and most European wild orchids by its large size and hence its name "Giant Orchid".
		In Germany, the orchid is called "Mastorchis" which means "Scary Orchid", probably due its overall dull appearance, but on a closer look, it reveals that on the contrary, it is a quite beautiful species.
		This is one of the most beautiful orchids in Europe since of its large inflorescence and flowers and it would be a righteous that Malta also has an abundance of this Orchid.
	www.maltawildplants.com /ORCH/Barlia_robertiana.html (2659 words)

	MALAYSIAN FLOWERS
		The wild species include the pigeon orchid and the tiger or giant orchid which grows on the crown of larger trees.
		Orchids are parasites in nature as they grow on wild trees and dead trees.
		The world's largest orchid can grow to 20m long The orchid Vanda Miss Joaquim was first discovered in the garden of Miss Agnes Joaquim in 1893 and registered in the same year.
	www.angelfire.com /journal2/flowers/pcd9.html (1742 words)

	Sabah Agriculture Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This centre is known and recognized worldwide as the major for its indigenous Borneo Orchid’s collections and is reputedly to be the largest in this region.
		Most orchids are highly evolved plants and the majority of them are epiphytic on trees while some are terrestrial.
		They have green leaves for photosynthesis and roots that captured nutrients from the leaf litter caught on tree trunk and branches, or in the case of Bulbophyllum beccarii, in cup-shaped leaves of the plant itself, roots than grow and ramify the leaf litter collected there, to extract nutrients.
	www.sabah.net.my /agripark/Attract/OrchidCentre.htm (150 words)

	Foul-smelling orchid reveals its better nature - theage.com.au
		A rare giant orchid with an aroma best described as a mixture of rotting flesh and manure, has flowered for the first time in more than 30 years at Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens.
		The tongue orchid, or Bulbophyllum fletcherianum, from Papua New Guinea, goes on public display today and is expected to continue flowering for about another week.
		The tongue orchid is one of a number of plants with flowers that produce a rotting smell to attract blowflies, which aid pollination.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/07/30/1027926886275.html (257 words)

	OrchidWeb.com Beautiful Orchids Direct From Our Nursery
		We’ve been selling exceptional orchids since 1978 and have developed what many consider to be the best orchid packing and shipping techniques in the business.
		Every picture in our catalog was taken of fresh, beautiful orchids direct from one of our five orchid greenhouses, not generic stock photography or orchid images “borrowed" from another web site.
		See which orchids are currently in-spike or in-bloom, and learn more about orchid care.
	www.orchidweb.com (513 words)

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		Status of the giant helleborine, Epipactis gigantea (Orchidaceae), in Canada, by Daniel F. Brunton (1986), Canadian Field-Naturalist.
		The Native Orchids of the United States and Canada, by Carlyle A. Luer, New York Botanical Garden (1975), 361 pp.
		Species-level and population-level patterns of genetic variation in the riparian orchid, Epipactis gigantea Dougl.
	www.houstonorchidsociety.org /HOS/Epipactis.html (490 words)

	ECOLOGY PHOTOGRAPHIC™ Epipactis-1
		Flies are the known pollinator, known as the "Chatterbox" because of the partialy mobi...
		Flies are the known pollinator, known as the "Chatterbox" because of the partialy mob...
		orchids, ornamental plants, terrestrial orchids, native plants of North America, California wildflow...
	www.ecology.org /ecophoto/orchids/Epipactis.html (1202 words)

	Trekking In Turkey: Orchids on Lycian Way and St Paul Trail by Kate Clow
		However, the following is a list of orchids which have been observed in the area of the Lycian Way and St Paul Trail.
		Some, such as purple limodore, Anatolian orchid or some helleborines, are quite common; most are rare and some are endemics, only known from this area.
		The bee orchids are incredibly difficult to identify as they're very variable.
	www.lycianway.com /MainContent/orchidlist.html (110 words)

	Orchid Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Caladenia tentaculata, are the most common orchids in the park, putting on profuse and spectacular displays in late spring.
		The Native Orchid Society of SA have recently published an article about the Scott Creek population.
		Leptoceras menziessii is a common orchid in the park.
	homepages.picknowl.com.au /peters/Orchids.html (578 words)

	HonoluluAdvertiser.com - Wireless
		Reed-stem epidendrums — orchids named for their long, slender stems — have been popular in Hawai'i for years.
		In pots, equal parts of medium or fine orchid bark, peat moss and perlite, would work fine, especially, if you are growing some of the cinnabarinum hybrids, which may require better drainage.
		Scot Mitamura is a horticulturist and orchid specialist for the Honolulu botanical gardens.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /palm/2006/Jun/09/il/FP606090323.html (634 words)

	-::- OrchidMe.com -::- Authorized by Bangkok Intimex Co., Ltd.
		Orchid is one of the most beautiful flowers in Thailand.
		Orchid is well-known and impressive for both receivers and people who happen to see it all over the world.
		And when you order orchids from us, you can have the added confidence that they were tended, at the most carefully packed and air shipped by professional growers and exporters with long years of experience.
	www.orchidme.com (129 words)

	Art blossoms on North Shore - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		The next time you're down at PNC Park, you might be surprised to see it: The giant head of an orchid pokes up from behind the embankment next to the right field entrance.
		At 20 feet high and weighing approximately 1,500 pounds, the "orchid" is composed of two photographs of a frozen orchid, front view and back view, that have been laminated onto a three-inch-thick substructure made of steel that mimics the flower's silhouette.
		The surface is coated with numerous layers of resin to protect it from the elements.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_200051.html (632 words)

	New Species 3
		This is the preliminary information for a new species of Thelymitra Orchid located in the Wyong Local Government Area.
		Further notes by the finder: This highly fragrant species was located in 1998 during the orchid investigations of the proposed Wadalba development estate.
		The Official Wyong Shire Terrestrial Survey only covered named and listed species, and this species was not looked into, as were a number of undescribed Orchid species known to exist in the shire.
	orchids.angelnco.com /pages/hnewspeciesold3.htm (603 words)

	Penang Hibiscus, Orchid & Reptile farm - Penang pictures on Worldisround
		Orchid grow in almost every habitat, from the subterranean in which orchid grow completely, underground, to mountain cloud forest.
		The most preferred region of orchid are the warmer area of the globe, like Malaysia.
		One of these is the Grammatophylum Speciosum, a giant orchid.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/76366/text.html (212 words)

	Crafty Diversions: Flower Power...
		We built and made: 19 large tabletop orchid arrangements, 50 smaller tabletop rose arrangements, 1 giant orchid & crystal draped arch, 1 giant orchid and crystal willow tree, 40 boutonnieres, 2 giant tropical arrangements, 1 bridal orchid bouquet and one matron of honor orchid bouquet.
		My hands nearly got raw from the floral tape and all the wires, but it was worth it for Linh and to see how please she was that we succeeded in creating her vision.
		My only regret is that I didn't take enough pictures of the flowers, nor did I take a detailed picture of the veil I made for her.
	www.craftydiversions.com /2006/09/flower-power.html (509 words)

	Grammatophyllum orchids can be spectacular - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Its name is derived from the Greek words gramen (grass) and phylon (leaf), referring to the orchid's resemblance to grass or sugar cane.
		Flowers range from a greenish to mauve background with brown to maroon splotches and to all brown, and there is even a select cultivar that is a bright yellow-green with no spotting at all.
		This is truly a giant in the orchid kingdom.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Jun/10/il/il10a.html (596 words)

	Giant orchid of Phanxipang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A Giant Orchid weighing two tons was one of the highlights in the
		Well, no matter what, the orchid in the picture is not a Gram.
		The orchid is nothing like the one shown at Phanxipang.
	www.garden-groups.com /post/39251/Giant_orchid_of_Phanxipang.html (1287 words)

	Nipomo's Adobe Press
		The statement holds especially true for the Santa Maria Orchid Society, whose members were awarded 13 ribbons, a best of division award and the coveted grand champion at the show last weekend at the South County Regional Center in Arroyo Grande.
		The last two awards -- both given to flowers of the genus cattleya, a classic among orchids -- were in categories that drew more than 200 blooms combined.
		Tani Sebro, a 19-year-old Cal Poly student from Los Osos, was among many who made their first orchid purchases at the show -- a move she made with excitement and trepidation.
	www.theadobepress.com /articles/2005/03/25/news/news04.txt (541 words)

	Items of interest for species orchid fanatics
		Paphiopedilum lowii "Sumatra" a handsome slipper orchid with large showy flowers.
		He was an avid collector, worked in the railways and knew the local North Queensland native orchids and their habitats.
		It is a plant of the wet tropics, where warmth, moisture and sunlight combine to produces these giants of the orchid world.
	www.speciesorchids.com /NewsletterOctober.November03.html (1434 words)

	VietNamNet Bridge
		VietNamNet – A giant orchid displayed at the recent ‘Festival on the Clouds’ in Sa Pa drew the attention of thousands of visitors.
		The orchid, owned by Nguyen Xuan Tuyen, a local, is 21years-old, 3m high, and has 60 flowers, each of which is 2m long.
		Tuyen said his orchid had bloomed every year since 1989.
	english.vietnamnet.vn /lifestyle/2006/05/573225 (211 words)

	Terrestrial Orchids of South-West Western Australia
		Most of the photos were taken using a Canon PowerShot A200 digital camera while some were taken with a Canon EOS 350D.
		Many natural hybrid orchids were originally named on the thought that they were new species.
		Some orchids have more than one common name and as such, they are listed more than once.
	www.webace.com.au /~chook/orchids (383 words)

	Orchids of the Picos de Europa, Northern Spain - Complete Orchid List
		This list of the orchids of the Picos de Europa and immediate environs is compiled from 33 published and unpublished sources, as well as from field observations by Teresa Farino since 1985.
		Most orchids do not have common names in Spanish.
		Species marked with an asterisk (*) have not been seen personally by Teresa in the Picos de Europa.
	www.iberianwildlife.com /picos-europa/orchid-list-picos-europa.htm (183 words)

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