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A. Orchids are the largest plant family. Around 10% of all flowering plants are orchids...most of which are epiphytes.
B. An orchid capsule can contain a million seeds.
C. A is the result of B. Each unique seed is one chance for success. One million seeds equals one million chances of success. Imagine an Easter Egg hunt with only one Easter Egg. The more kids participating in the hunt...the greater the chances that the Easter Egg will be found.
D. Orchid seeds don't contain enough nutrients for them to germinate on their own. This mean the dust like seeds can travel great distances. But the trade-off is that wherever they land there has to be a certain type of microscopic fungus. The fungus penetrates the orchid seed and provides it with the nutrients it needs to germinate. To learn more...
1. The Symbiotic Relationship Between Orchids And Fungus
2. We Need More Orchid Celebrities
E. The Orchid family has more succulent species than any other family...including the Cactus family. In other words...no other plant family has more CAM species. To learn more...
Which Family Has The Most CAM Species?
F. Regarding pollinators...
1. Wide variety of pollinators...even crickets.
2. As you already mentioned they can lure some pollinators by smelling like dead meat
3. They can tricks hoverflies by pretending to be distressed aphids
4. They can trick lonely male pollinators
5. They can smell like a hornet's prey
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