Orchid Words by Connie and Milton Charlton 12 April 2017

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Across
  1. 3. Walmart Orchid (abbrv)
  2. 4. Certificate of cultural merit
  3. 6. American Orchid Society
  4. 7. Do not water this part of orchid
  5. 9. Equitant Oncidium
  6. 13. Certificate of horticultural merit
  7. 15. Common first name of Dendrophylax linden and Epipogium aphyllum
  8. 17. Corsage orchid
  9. 21. Gives orchid awards
  10. 22. Water and food storage organ
  11. 23. Tissue culture container
  12. 24. Modified protective leaf
  13. 27. Orchid root covering
  14. 32. Cloud forest orchids get in this
  15. 33. Major threat to native orchids:_______ loss
  16. 34. Invasive orchid sometimes
  17. 39. Orchids grow best when ______potted
  18. 40. Offspring
  19. 43. Low density necklace
  20. 46. Partially burned wood
  21. 47. Temporary seed storage
  22. 49. Southern Ontario Orchid Society
  23. 50. Describes root growing into air
  24. 51. Phals and Vandas have this growth habit
  25. 52. Women’s hair: Ladies’ _______
  26. 53. Root-like stem
  27. 54. Growing point of stem or root
  28. 56. Flat orchid mount
  29. 57. National flower orchid of Panama: ____Orchid
  30. 59. Grass that isn’t green
  31. 64. Certificate of cultural excellence
  32. 65. Sheepish Canadian orchid
  33. 67. Old pseudobulb with growth potential when separated
  34. 70. Popular book/movie: The Orchid _____
  35. 72. Orchid database: Orchid ___
  36. 73. Orchidaceae classification group
  37. 74. Surname of orchid hunter of India
  38. 75. Seedlings of a cross
  39. 76. Miltonia flower resembles this flower
  40. 77. Orchid plantlet
Down
  1. 1. Language of scientific orchid names
  2. 2. Orchid event in Tobermory
  3. 5. Result when two species breed
  4. 8. Rupiculous orchid
  5. 10. Folding paper into orchid flowers
  6. 11. Phalaenopsis common first name
  7. 12. Extending horizontally
  8. 13. Three orchid sepals
  9. 14. The best comes from NZ
  10. 16. Epiphytic orchids grow on these
  11. 18. Neofinetia are natives of this country
  12. 19. This Belize orchid is not always this colour
  13. 20. Terrestrial orchids dig this
  14. 25. Neither high nor low
  15. 26. Inflorescence
  16. 27. World’s most popular flavour
  17. 28. Point at which a flower or leaf attaches to the stem
  18. 29. Caribbean dance orchid
  19. 30. Cool new light
  20. 31. Hybrid vigour
  21. 35. Cinderella orchid
  22. 36. Bark up this tree
  23. 37. Naughty Platanthera
  24. 38. Number of sets of chromosomes
  25. 41. Reverse osmosis
  26. 42. Coconut Fibre
  27. 44. Orchids get their pouty look here
  28. 45. Fused sexual parts of an orchid
  29. 48. Genetically identical organisms
  30. 51. Hungry white fuzzball
  31. 55. Little dragon orchid
  32. 58. You need this for successful orchid culture
  33. 60. Type of orchid that grows naturally in the environment
  34. 61. Metallic orchid genus
  35. 62. Frankenorchid
  36. 63. Measure of acidity or alkalinity
  37. 66. Award of quality
  38. 68. Climb
  39. 69. Produces bluest flowers
  40. 71. Necessary for orchid seed germination
  41. 76. Orchids don’t smoke it
  42. 78. Botanical gardens where people first hybridized orchids