| DICHORD | What was plucked orchid unfortunately died (7) |
| APPLETREE | From whence temptation was plucked for Adam? (5,4) |
| IDLED | Did nothing, and unfortunately died when about fifty (5) |
| DIVIDE | ... unfortunately died after accepting sex part ... |
| PRETTYBAD | Weak power - battery unfortunately died (6,3) |
| ALASDAIR | Scotsman unfortunately died before broadcast |
| VANILLA | What flavouring from a type of orchid is used in ice cream? (7) |
| PLEIONE | Orchid genus generally preferring cool but frost-free conditions - includes the socalled windowsill orchid (7) |
| CALYPSO | Ballad - dance - orchid - sea nymph - moon of Saturn (7) |
| LABELLA | Orchid petals given by the French boy meeting girl (7) |
| BRASSIA | Genus of 'spider orchid' - possibly as is bar (7) |
| ISOTRIA | Genus of flowering plants from the orchid family (7) |
| NEOTTIA | ___ nidus-avis, 'bird's nest orchid' - turns into tea! (7) |
| SLIPPER | Paphiopedilum, or ___ orchid, makes an exotic houseplant (7) |
| LYCASTE | A tropical orchid genus - set clay mixture (7) |
| ORBISON | Orchid Cymbidium 'Roy ------- ' named after the Crying singer (7) |
| MAHJONG | Chinese game played with 144 tiles bearing symbols of stones, winds, bamboos, dragons and flowers including orchid and plum blossom (7) |
| ROSCOEA | Genus of plants in ginger family, with orchid-like flowers - sort of coarse with nothing inside (7) |
| DRACULA | From "little dragon", a genus of orchid that shares its name with a vampiric Transylvanian count (7) |
| TRESSES | Lady's-___ (kind of orchid) |
