Darwin showed orchids are contrived for moth pollination, yet some species have flowers no known insect can fertilize, presenting a botanical mystery.
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A slow-blooming horror that turns botanical fuss into dread.
An orchid purchase becomes a patient drift into unease as H. G. Wells follows the collector's pleasure and then lets the hothouse feel increasingly wrong.
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You want a classic chill that creeps in through a greenhouse door.
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