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  • Orchids from the Americas were particularly popular in Hartweg's day.

    Did you know? Many common garden flowers originated in Mexico. 2008

  • Orchids from the Americas were particularly popular in Hartweg's day.

    Did you know? Many common garden flowers originated in Mexico. 2008

  • No Orchids is the 1939 version of glamorized crime, Raffles the 1900 version.

    Raffles and Miss Blandish 1944

  • No Orchids is aimed at the power-instinct, which Raffles or the Sherlock Holmes stories are not.

    Raffles and Miss Blandish 1944

  • Orchids are named from the Greek word for testicles (orchis) because of the resemblance of their bulbs to a man's testes.

    Voodoo Extreme 2009

  • Good tracks - particularly liked 'Orchids' - sent shivers thru me.

    Murmurs.com 2009

  • "Orchids," which I see contains a great deal of new matter of the greatest interest.

    Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant

  • In the Artificial Flowers Making Workshop students will learn principles and techniques in Artificial Flowers Making as by the end of the course will be able to produce fine models of flowers such as Orchids, Roses and Lilies.

    iToot Stream Khaled 2010

  • In the Artificial Flowers Making Workshop students will learn principles and techniques in Artificial Flowers Making as by the end of the course will be able to produce fine models of flowers such as Orchids, Roses and Lilies.

    iToot Stream Khaled 2010

  • Mrs. Ederlinda is a partner in the "Orchids" Communal Bank.

    Kiva Loans 2008

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