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Orchids, with over 30,000 species, are the largest plant family, found on every continent except Antarctica.
During the Victorian era, orchid collecting became a craze, with collectors, driven by status and eccentricity,
risking their lives for rare specimens. Explore the history of “orchid madness” and visit Raymond Burr’s Garden of the Sleeping Giant in Fiji.
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