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unusual facts about Orchis


Sleeping Giant Provincial Park

Plants found in the park include 23 species of orchids including Bog Adder's-mouth (Malaxis paludosa) and Small Round-leafed Orchis (Amerorchis Rotundifolia), two of Ontario's rarest species, as well as 22 species of alpine arctic disjuncts.


Frithy and Chadacre Woods

There are many other woodland floor plants including Early Purple Orchid Orchis mascula, Twayblade Neottia ovata, Gromwell Lithospermum officinale and Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scriptus.

Opisthorchis

From the Greek opisthen (behind) and orchis (testicle), Opisthorchis is a genus of trematode flatworms whose testes are located in the posterior end of the body.

Orchis Fatalis

"Orchis Fatalis" is the third episode of the eighth season of British television show Midsomer Murders and the thirty-eighth episode overall.


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