Orchid hunting is the search for orchid plants in the wild. The orchid plants are usually being acquired for the commercial market, where there was, and still is, significant demand for these unusual flowering plants.
Orchidhunting is the search for orchid plants in the wild. The orchid plants are usually being acquired for the commercial market, where there was, and...
“blown” in the breeze. Several species have evolved to mimic orchid flowers as a hunting and camouflaging strategy, “hiding” themselves in plain view...
In ecology, hunting success is the proportion of hunts initiated by a predatory organism that end in success. Hunting success is determined by a number...
specializing in the study of orchids (Orchidaceae). He is credited with providing scientists the first large-scale collection of orchid specimens found in Panama...
Magazine. Reeve Brothers. pp. 184–185. Mitchell, Robert B. (1989). "OrchidHunting in Choiseul". The Kew Magazine. 6 (3): 124–134. ISSN 0265-3842. JSTOR 45066748...
observation and illustration of the orchid species later described as Drymoanthus flavus in her book Orchidhunting in Otago is regarded as the first recorded...
were named after him. He was particularly focused on orchidhunting during the Victorian orchid craze, but also was the first European collector of plants...
Headhunting is the practice of hunting a human and collecting the severed head after killing the victim, although sometimes more portable body parts (such...
The orchid mantis, Hymenopus coronatus of southeast Asia mimics orchid flowers. There is no evidence that suggests that they mimic a specific orchid, but...
featured in the PBS Nova programme in 2002, Orchid Hunter that documented his return to hunting rare orchids in dangerous terrain in another politically...
playwright Susan Musgrave 1951 poet, novelist The Charcoal Burners, Cargo of Orchids Maria Mutch memoirist, short stories Know the Night: A Memoir of Survival...
Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants...
Fertilisation of Orchids is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin published on 15 May 1862 under the full explanatory title On the Various Contrivances...
Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species...
sometimes referred to as plant hunting, is an activity that has occurred for centuries. The earliest recorded evidence of plant hunting was in 1495 BC when botanists...
uses this mechanism is the South American bucket orchid (Coryanthes sp.), an epiphyte. The bucket orchid attracts male euglossine bees with its scent, derived...
significant parts in the 2004 horror films Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid and The Grudge. She was then referred to as "the pride of Patterson" and...
off by himself to find a possible cure in the form of a plant known as La Orchid de la Vida from Lake Maurepas. Meanwhile, Jesse works with engineer Vergil...
Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily obtained from pods of the flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia). Vanilla is not...
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