Throughout Cion,  the character Orpah is on a quest to find a ghost orchid.  Here are some articles that will help you learn more about ghost orchids and where they actually can be found.  (Hint: it’s nowhere near Athens County.)

• Ebersole, Renee.  “A Blooming Ghost.”  Audobon.  Nov./Dec. 2007: 22. (link to this article at the magazine website)
• McClintock, Jack.  “Fakahatchee Ghosts.”  Smithsonian.  Aug. 2003: 24-7. (link to this article in Academic Search Complete)

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