'Where the Orchids Bloom' for VIE Blog
Suzanne Pollak
“Did you know the New York Botanical Garden has a rescue center for plants smuggled into the country? Instead of destroying the seized plants, they are brought to the gardens to be bred, propagated, and shared. Marc Hachadourian (NYBG director of glasshouse collections and senior orchid curator) shares many little throwaway but useful facts, which I love collecting. Did you know that a vanilla bean is really the seed pod of an orchid? And there are only six flowers in the world with the remarkable color of a jade vine, a thirty six-inch cluster of turquoise green. Finally, for the finale, when we arrived at the garden’s hugs arches blanketed with orchids. Maybe it’s better to first experience this online, because if I walked under the orchid arches and around the reflecting pool in person, I might have fainted and fallen into the pool.”
Read more about taking one of many delightful virtual tours of the NYBG, on the VIE Blog HERE…