By Caitlin Kelly
Are you as mad for flowers as I am?
My friend Pam is crazy for orchids, so we made our first-ever journey this week — about a 20-minute drive south of our town — to the New York Botanical Garden, a legendary destination we had never seen.
The show, which filled room after room of the enormous conservatory, was spectacular, complemented by hanging lanterns and tinkling exotic music.
It ends April 9.
I’ve been fortunate enough to see huge baskets of orchids when I visited Thailand, but typically have only admired them in nurseries and flower shops.
This was an astonishing array — and this year’s show, their 15th focused on orchids, was all about Thailand, which has 1,200 species of orchids.
The displays included several small altars, enormous topiary elephants and a temple.
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What a fantastic way to start your day! The flowers are stunning!
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It was pretty great, especially on yet another gray, rainy day here in NY.
It definitely adds the POP of color to the day
how stunning! yes, i do love flowers, but have had an orchid. have you ever read the book, “the orchid thief” or seen the film version called, “adaptation.” interesting true story about an orchid obsession.
I haven’t. My friend is crazy about that book. 🙂
These are beautiful – I keep meaning to go but get sidetracked each weekend.
It ended last Sunday. Next year!