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Question 1-12
Orchids are unique in having the most highly developed
of all blossoms, in which the usual male and female reproductive
organs are fused in a single structure called the column.
The column is designed so that a single pollination will fertilize
hundreds of thousands, and in some cases millions, of seeds,
so microscopic and light they are easily carried by the breeze.
Surrounding the column are three sepals and three petals,
sometimes easily recognizable as such, often distorted into gorgeous,
weird, but always functional shapes. The most noticeable
of the petals is called the labellum, or lip. It is often dramatically
marked as an unmistakable landing strip to attract
the specific insect the orchid has chosen as its pollinator.
To lure their pollinators from afar, orchids use appropriately
intriguing shapes, colors, and scents. At least 50 different
aromatic compounds have been analyzed in the orchid family,
each blended to attract one, or at most a few, species of
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