The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, currently has its annual exhibition of orchids in its Princess of Wales Conservatory, until March 3rd - UPDATE, now extended to March 10th.
Apparently they have planted more than 4,550 orchids, as well
as 550 bromeliads (in the foreground of the photo above) and 350 assorted foliage plants in the conservatory.
The orchid is believed to be the world’s largest plant
family, with more than 25,000 different species, with hundreds more being
discovered every year.
We visited it recently, and it is certainly drawing the
crowds, particularly as there is little of interest outdoors, although that
should change over the next few weeks.
In the central pond, staff have also created floating
replicas of the huge circular lily pads of the Victoria amazonica made from
orchids, surrounding a central floral display.
Some orchids reflected in the central pool
Visitors can walk through archways of ornate orchids
There are also pillars of floral displays
A wall of many different varieties of orchid
What a "Charmer"... (for that is the orchid's name)
This orchid is called "Marsh Mellow"
Orchid "Morning Breeze"
Orchid "Tropical Beach"
Orchid "Silibama"
Orchid "Opera"
Orchid "Panda"
Orchid "Pebble Beach"
Orchid "Yellow With Pink Stripes"
It was difficult to put a name to many of the orchid
varieties, as, unusually for Kew, there were no name tags near the flowers. There
was a large poster with photos of various plants, but some of the orchids we
photographed didn’t seem to be on it, while others could have been one of
several varieties on the poster….
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