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Orchids

There are more than 20,000 species of them, comprising the largest family of plants. Not all of them bear the ornate flowers used for corsages, but their evolutionary adaptations are remarkably diverse

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 214 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Orchids” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 214 No. 1 (), p. 70
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0166-70