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Lord Illingworth told me this morning that there was an orchid there as beautiful as the seven deadly sins. Oscar Wilde (from A Woman of No Importance)

Lord Illingworth told me this morning that there was an orchid there as beautiful as the seven deadly sins.

Oscar Wilde (from A Woman of No Importance)

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Schiff, J.L. (2018). Exotic Appearance. In: Rare and Exotic Orchids. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70034-2_3

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