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Wild orchids are like wild mushrooms. They generate tiny spores that cannot grow on their own, and require help from a third party in the soil.

Wild orchids require fungi in the soil to help them grow. They are not self-sufficient in terms of chlorophyll.

Wild orchids have the weirdest pollination requirements. They require specific species of insects (bees, wasps) and the common bee cannot help. As they do not have enough nectar or pollen, they are trying to attract insects through trickery. Either pheromones, looking like a female insect of the same species, faking nectar, you name it.