People's Choice award

Underground Surprise!

for the Western Underground Orchid

Critically Endangered

By Sophia, age 5

I painted the Western Underground Orchid because I think it is amazing that a flower can grow under the ground. I made the flower bright pink so it looks like a secret treasure hiding in the soil. I also added roots, rocks and little bugs because I imagined what might be living around it underground

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