Some 33 percent of the tepuis' known plants are endemic to the region. Most of the Lost World's wondrous botanical bounty lies on Mount Roraima.
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Living Edens: The Lost World: Eco Explorer: Florascope
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Obsession with Orchids: Production Credits
Production credits for OBSESSION WITH ORCHIDS.
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Obsession with Orchids: Additional Web and Print Resources
View additional resources, online and in print, for NATURE's "Obsession with Orchids."
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Obsession with Orchids: Orchid Obsession
In 1994, NEW YORKER magazine writer Susan Orlean traveled to Florida to cover a most unusual trial -- and ended up becoming entangled in the wondrous and sometimes treacherous world of orchids.
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Obsession with Orchids: Flower Power
Cloning allows breeders to turn one orchid plant into thousands, by harvesting a few cells from root tips and growing them in carefully prepared petri dishes.
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Obsession with Orchids: Introduction
No flowering plant has captured the attention of humans, or stirred their passions, in quite the way that orchids have.
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Obsession with Orchids: Beautiful Deceivers
Pity the poor solitary bees that make their home on the sunny Mediterranean island of Majorca. Each spring, the males emerge from their underground lairs in eager search of a mate. Some find love with another buzzer, but others are made to look like fools -- by a flower.
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