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Editorial
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Welcome to all new subscribers.
It is my hope that you read the
articles and find something that amazes you, and perhaps encourages you to look at life around you and not take it for granted.
Life is a gift, make the most of it every day.
I am working on a Did You Know web site. If I was in a race with a snail I would have been left behind ages
ago.
I look forward to receiving your suggestions for subjects to research. Tell me what amazes you.
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Feature
Article Orchids
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Did you Know 8 per cent of all flowering plants are
orchids They the largest family of the plant kingdom with over 25,000 varieties, that have been named and many yet to be found.
New orchid species are still being discovered at a rate of between 200 to 300 per year Let us hope that their habitat
is not destroyed before they are found.
Orchids grow in a wide range of habitats from the colder reaches of the sub-Arctic to the tropical forests of the
Southern Hemisphere! They are found everywhere from the edges of deserts to humid rainforests and have a preference for tropical
mountain ranges.
The first plants of each new species brought back to England fetched high prices. The largest amount ever recorded was
in 1890 when $3,604.was paid for one orchid, that is equivalent to around $231,861 Cad. today! Think of that when you
buy your next orchid.
Orchids grow in three different ways.
Terrestrials grow on the ground, with their roots in the topmost layer of humus. Most orchids in this category are from
temperate regions.
Epiphytic grow on other plants, although they are not parasitic.
Lithophytic grow in cracks in rocks.
Giant flowers
Paphiopedilum sanderianum has petals that are over one metre long.First discovered
in 1885 in the steaming jungles of Borneo, Despite its extreme desirability the plant was not seen again until 1978
- almost a century later - by which time its very existence was in question. Comet orchid is pollinated by a moth with
a 30 cm tongoue. If the moth disappears, so does the orchid.
Tiny flowers
Sometimes the whole flower is so tiny that only with a magnifier can the ndividual
parts be seen. The seeds are tiny and numerous, sometimes millions sit in one
seed capsule, and are dispersed easily
by the wind. However they lack their own food storage tissue and depend on a fungi for initiating the growth process
and growing. Both fungi and plant live in a beneficial symbiotic union.
The size of the whole plant ranges from a few cm (2”) to 3 m (over 9’) in height and that of the flower from
a few mm (extremely tiny) to 15 cm (6”) on the other extreme.
Orchids truly are an amazing plant. Enjoy them where ever you see them.
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Sites
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Beautiful photos of some ugly flowers.
http://www.orchidworks.com/orchids/rogues.html
If you need someone to care for your orchid while you are away.
This is the site or you. Sales
and Boarding services California
Kew Gardens, England has a long history of research and
conservation.
Beautiful photos of orchids in Ecudaor.
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Most of the world’s
supply of natural vanilla comes from orchids grown in
Madagascar.
Consider this. The total population on earth at the time of Julius Caesar was 150 million The total population
increase in two years on earth today is 150 million. No wonder our beautiful planet is out of balance.
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