Many people may find the study of orchids a boring subject, but when it is presented by Jerry and Lou’s grandmother, Eleanor, it becomes absolutely fascinating. Eleanor travels the world searching out the rarest and most beautiful of orchids. She is in Australia to find a seldom seen species that grows entirely underground. She recruits Lou as her assistant and together they head off into the national park.
Eleanor has trained a small pig to sniff out the orchids, but unfortunately has not bothered to get a permit to take the animal into the park. Ranger Dave has to confiscate the small porker, and for a while it seems the orchid will not be found. Then Jerry gets the idea that Skippy can help and together they find a specimen, only to lose it again. Eleanor must leave, but Thel tells the children that where there is one underground orchid, there will be another, and with Skippy, the trio set out on their quest.
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