Taiwan ( historically called " Formosa " especially prior to 1945, from Portuguese: Ilha Formosa, " Beautiful Island ") is an island and an archipelago in East Asia, composed of Taiwan Island and several much smaller islands such as the Penghu Islands, Orchid Island, Green Island, and Hsiao Liuchiu.

The main island of the archipelago is Taiwan Island, which comprises about 99 % of the current jurisdiction of the Republic of China ; the other 1 % consists of the smaller islands of the archipelago such as Orchid Island and the Penghu islands, along with the tiny islets-Green Island and Hsiao Liuchiu.

In a boundary running the length of the island and continuing southwards in the Luzon Volcanic Arc ( including Green Island and Orchid Island ), the Eurasian Plate is sliding under the Philippine Sea Plate.

The Pyramidal Orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, is an herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the Genus Anacamptis of the family Orchidaceae.

The Fragrant Orchid ( Gymnadenia conopsea ) is an herbaceous plant belonging to the family Orchidaceae.

VESA (; Video Electronics Standards Association ) is an international standards body for computer graphics formed in 1988 by NEC Home Electronics, maker of the MultiSync monitor line, and eight video display adapter manufacturers: ATI Technologies, Genoa Systems, Orchid Technology, Renaissance GRX, STB Systems, Tecmar, Video 7 and Western Digital / Paradise Systems.

After the Bee Orchid, it is the most successful orchid coloniser of waste land.

Currently, the most visible ex-KI kid is Fergie ( Stacy Ferguson ), a former member of pop trio Wild Orchid who currently performs with the Grammy-award winning group The Black Eyed Peas as well as enjoying a very successful solo career.

North Beach is a census-designated place ( CDP ) on Orchid Island in Indian River County, Florida, United States.

Orchid is a town in Indian River County, Florida, United States.

Orchid is part of the Sebastian – Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Most of the town is actually a gated community called Orchid Island Golf and Beach Club.

Orchid is located at.

There is an Environmental Learning Center in the Orchid / Wabasso area

South Beach is a census-designated place ( CDP ) on Orchid Island in Indian River County, Florida, United States.

South Beach CDP on Orchid Island is bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the county line between Indian River and St Lucie counties, on the west by the Indian River Lagoon and on the north by the Vero Beach city limits.

Orchidlands Estates ( also known as Orchidland or Orchid Land Estates ) is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in

Boothville-Venice is a former census-designated place ( CDP ) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States, which includes the unincorporated communities of Boothville, Venice, and Orchid.

Neighboring Orchid ( sometimes considered part of Venice ) is outside of the protection levee ; it has a boat marina and buildings raised on stilts.

Indian River Shores is a town on Orchid Island, in Indian River County, Florida, United States.

* Orchid Bay, Belize, is one of the largest New Urbanist projects in Central America and the Caribbean.

Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in Nashville, Tennessee, is a honky-tonk.

The newest addition to M Press is an original comic series by Tom Morello called Orchid.

Note that the timing of " Orchid " on revised US pressings is incorrect, as it includes the " Step Up " introductory section of " Lord of This World.

* Orchid: A humble and timid honey badger that is forced to lie to Leo by Sylvester in episode 7.

The ninth comic launched at Vertigo's 1993 debut was the Vertigo Preview, showcasing the concurrently released titles, as well as J. M. DeMatteis ' Mercy, Ann Nocenti's Kid Eternity ( an ongoing series spun off from the earlier Morrison-penned miniseries ), Dick Foreman's Black Orchid ( an on-going series spun off from the Gaiman / McKean miniseries ) and Matt Wagner's Sandman Mystery Theatre.

In March 1997, Wild Orchid released their self-titled debut album.

In March 1997, Wild Orchid released their self-titled debut album Wild Orchid.

Wild Orchid spent most of 1996 – 1997 promoting their debut album, making appearances on Ricki Lake, Access Hollywood, MTV, Wild On !, The RuPaul Show, Hard Copy, Vibe, Mad TV, Soul Train, Pat Bullard, Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends, Terry Bradshaw, Crook and Chase, Jenny Jones, MuchMusic's Electric Circus, as well as a guest appearance on the UPN sitcom Goode Behavior.

** Wild Orchid ( album ), the debut album by the band

Orchid are considered legends in the emotional hardcore scene primarily due to their debut album Chaos Is Me, which left " a huge crater that was their influence ".

38 Counts of Battery was a complete discography of Pig Destroyer releases up to the year 2000, which included split records with Gnob and influential screamo act Orchid, as well as their debut album, Explosions In Ward 6, and the demo that secured their record deal.

Wild Orchid is the self-titled debut and most successful album by American group Wild Orchid ( featuring R & B, hip hop and rap singer Stacy Ferguson, Stefanie Ridel and Renee Sandstrom ), released on March 23, 1997 ( see 1997 in music ).

Wild Orchid spent 1996 and 1997 promoting their debut album.

* " Supernatural " ( Wild Orchid song ), a song on Wild Orchid's 1997 self-titled debut album

It is fundamentally a greatest-hits package, featuring ( all previously released ) singles and album tracks from Wild Orchid and Oxygen as well as the lone single from Fire, " Stuttering ( Don't Say )" and its B-side, " Lies ".

* Fire ( Wild Orchid album )

Though Jack White usually sang the lead vocals, Meg White sang lead on " In the Cold, Cold Night ", from the band's fourth album, Elephant ; " Passive Manipulation ", from the band's fifth album, Get Behind Me Satan ; " Who's a Big Baby ", the B-side to " Blue Orchid "; and " St. Andrew ( This Battle Is in the Air )", from the band's sixth album Icky Thump.

* Aaron Neville covered this song on his 2003 album, Orchid In the Storm

McKibbon's second album, Black Orchid ( Nine Yards Music ), was released in 2004.

Orchid is the album that best represented the Opeth's diverse influences and it is the rawest, according to Rocknworld.

John Serba of Allmusic said that Orchid was " quite an audacious release, a far-beyond-epic prog / death monstrosity exuding equal parts beauty and brutality -- an album so brilliant, so navel-gazingly pretentious that, in retrospect, Opeth's future greatness was a foregone conclusion.

With the delay of the first album, Orchid, Opeth began performing a few shows.

Opeth again produced and mixed along with Dan Swanö, similar to how the previous album, Orchid, was recorded.

As the release of the first album was delayed, they had already written most part of Morningrise when Orchid was released.

The reissue bonus track " Eternal Soul Torture " is a demo that was recorded in 1992, and includes some sections that were reused in the studio track " Advent ", as well as " In Mist She Was Standing " off of the previous album Orchid.

In July 2002 they released their third studio album Gatefold and later in the year, in September, Orchid released a compilation of both their first and second albums onto CD containing all 21 tracks from both.

Posthumously, in 2005 Orchid released Totality, a compilation album comprised all of 24 tracks from out of press and hard to find B-side and split EP material previously only available on vinyl.

* Orchid ( album ), by Opeth