Okay, it’s now March and New Yorkers are no doubt done with that “winter thing.” But that doesn’t mean you’re going to experience equatorial ecstasy when you walk out your door today – unless of course, you head to the tropical paradise on display at the 11th annual New York Botanical Garden Orchid Show.
The landmark Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the Botanical Gardens has been transformed into a lush rainforest of more than 7,000 orchids of 3,000 different types from all over the globe. According to one person we spoke to at the Gardens, the country’s largest curated orchid show provides the perfect antidote to our lingering winter doldrums while we welcome spring.
The 2013 Orchid Show though has a couple of important differences from its popular predecessors. First off, this year’s show incorporates Sandy storm-damaged trees from the grounds of the Gardens in the design of the celebrated exhibit. Nearly 300 trees were uprooted or destroyed by the hurricane a few months ago. But now, some of them are being creatively recycled as replicas for tropical rain-forest trees.
The second change is that this year’s Orchid Show is designed by one of the Botanical Gardens’ own – Francisca Coelho who began her horticultural career there 30 years ago.
The exotic display will be on exhibit through Monday, April 22.
