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The Wild Orchid Mystery
Object Details
- Copyright
- © Smithsonian 2016
- Podcast Category
- Society & Culture
- Description
You probably know orchids as the big, colorful flowers found in grocery stores and given as housewarming gifts. But those tropical beauties represent only a fraction of the estimated 25,000 orchid species worldwide. While their showy relatives fly off the shelves, North America’s more understated native orchids are disappearing in the wild. Scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center are working to protect these orchids and their habitats, but first they need to solve a surprisingly difficult problem: how to grow one.
- Duration
- 22:55 MINS
- Author
- Smithsonian Institution
- Subtitle
- While their showy relatives fly off the shelves, North America’s more understated native orchids are disappearing in the wild.
- Size
- 33.0 MB
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Institution
- Uploaded
- Wed, 07 Aug 2019 04:01:00 -0000
- Creator
- Smithsonian Institution
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Podcast
- MIME Type
- audio/mpeg
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- Topic
- Smithsonian Sidedoor
- Record ID
- podcasts_9e64c706dbe8986d22d6fef23730e462
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