Many
orchids like cool temperatures - the tropics are not always
hot! For instance, here's a native of northern California
that gets frosty every few years:
Check this section again for more tips.
There
are around 28,000 naturally occurring orchid species, all
pollenated by insects, except some few populations that pollenate
themselves (often without opening their flowers).
There are around 120,000 artificial orchid hybrids, all pollenated
by humans. Being plants, orchids have no brains, but aren't
they clever?
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