| TERRESTRIAL | Type of orchid that grows on the ground, and which is not epiphytic (11) |
| DRACULA | From "little dragon", a genus of orchid that shares its name with a vampiric Transylvanian count (7) |
| LADYSSLIPPER | Orchid that may foot the bill for women (5,7) |
| SILKFLOWERS | Satiny orchids that survive best without water |
| CATTLEYA | Genus of tropical American orchids that are cultivated for their purplish-pink or white showy flower |
| ORCHIDOLOGY | The branch of botany that deals specifically with types of orchid (11) |
| LANDINGGEAR | The wheels and shock absorbers that support an aircraft on the ground and enable it to take off (7,4) |
| BITTERCRESS | Common name for Cardamine hirsuta, an annual or biennial member of the mustard family, and which is an edible if bitter herb (5,11) |
| DOUBLECREAM | Dairy-based hemerocallis 11 cultivar - and which is selfdescriptive of its flowers! (6,5) |
| SPANISHMOSS | Epiphytic plant that grows as long bluish-grey strands suspended from the branches of trees (7,4) |
| LICHEN | A type of tiny moss-like plant that grows on the surface of rocks and trees (6) |
| HOOVES | Their ___ become sponge like in summer to give them more traction on the ground and in winter they shrink and tighten which exposes the rim of the hoof allowing them to cut through hard snow and ice. |
| EPIPHYLLUMS | Several potted plants of orchid cacti! (11) |
| FROST | Term for atmospheric moisture crystallizing directly on the ground and on exposed objects; it also refers to the occurrence of subfreezing temperatures that affect plants and crops. (5) |
| MOSS | Plant that grows on the north side of trees in the northern hemisphere |
| IRISHMOSS | Red algae that grows on the eastern coasts of the North Atlantic (5,4) |
| OYSTER | --- mushroom, fanshaped edible fungus that grows on the trunks of certain trees (6) |
| SHIITAKE | An edible mushroom native to East Asia that grows on the decaying wood of deciduous trees (8) |
| SPARSE | Is thin on the ground, and lean around the South (6) |
| KASEM | DJ with the catchphrase "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars" |
