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Orchids

Orchids have been grown at Kew for 200 years; the current collection contains about 2,740 species

Tending a long-stemmed <em>Oncidium</em> in the Orchid Nursery by Damian Gillie
Tending a long-stemmed Oncidium in the Orchid Nursery

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Zygopetalums come from cool rainforests in the New World by Damian Gillie
Zygopetalums come from cool rainforests in the New World

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Young orchid growers at Writhlington School near Bath; the school, a centre of excellence for orchid science, receives help from Kew’s orchid experts by Craig Easton
Young orchid growers at Writhlington School near Bath

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<em>Paphiopedilum</em> in the Orchid Nursery by Damian Gillie
Paphiopedilum in the Orchid Nursery

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Following DNA research, the green-winged orchid, <em>Orchis morio</em>, has been renamed <em>Anacamptis morio</em> by Peter Gasson
Green-winged orchid, Anacamptis morio

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<em>Phragmipedium kovachii</em> in Peru; the magnificent flowers can reach 15cm from petal-tip to petal-tip by Henry Oakeley
Phragmipedium kovachii in Peru

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