The blossom of the orchid is only 2.1 mm wide - approximately the size of the O in the title of this post.
The petals are transparent because they are only one cell thick.
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American scientist Lou Jost found the tiny flower by accident among the roots of a larger plant that he had collected from the Cerro Candelaria reserve in the eastern Andes.
The petals are transparent because they are only one cell thick.
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That O is at least 5mm wide, keep trying, Amerikanski. :P
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