The Flowering of the Strange Orchid ♦ , Dogfight ♦ ,Earthmen Bearing Gifts ♦

An orchid collector purchases some new bulbs for his collection. The bulbs are from a remote area of an unexplored jungle. After they are planted, one of the bulbs, Dogfight — 1973 ♦ By Mack Reynolds
Flying at 1600 m.p.h. you act with split-second timing after you sight the enemy. And you're allowed only one mistake—your last!, Earthmen Bearing Gifts ♦ By Fredric Brown
and you know that a perfect setup doesn't follow through in a Fredric Brown story. Something really and truly terrible is about to happen. Like, maybe the end of the