Sunday, February 19, 2023. Annette’s News Roundup.
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Taking the day off. Hope you have a wonderful Sunday.
Eve and I will go to the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, but not today. But you can take a virtual tour.
Orchids Take Their Star Turn at the New York Botanical Garden (New York Times).
A lavish exhibition, “The Orchid Show: Natural Heritage” explores the diversity of these charismatic flowers.
A visitor at the press preview of “The Orchid Show: Natural Heritage” at the New York Botanical Garden.
Vanda orchids.
Fuller’s Sunset.
Phalaenopsis Happy Girl.
“It’s the sheer extent of the flower’s possibilities, more than the beauty or oddity of any one specimen, that knocks you out,” our critic says.
A variety of moth orchids in a range of whites and pinks are spread over two large moss-covered rocks.
Visitors studying the Chi Yueh Purple Smile.
A visitor stops in the highland rainforest gallery to photograph a Volcano Queen.