Zygomorphic Orchids

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Orchids are zygomorphic, which means that they can only be cut in a mirror image on a single like planar line. Zygids are shaped in such a way that you could only fruit ninja through one way to make it mirrored,. Which is not common and makes them very interesting. Some of them smell great and some of them smell like rotting meat.

This week: a non-fiction book that sometimes reads a lot like fiction, The Orchid Thief is only a little about the titular thief and a LOT about Florida and its history and its denizens. Plus, "orchidelirium," the part of the 19th century where the English aristocracy would just go wild for these bad boys.

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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