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Orchid Photos from the Philly Flower Show

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Each year when we arrive at the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show, Laura scopes out the native plants and I focus on the photography. One of my favorite flowers to capture are the orchids.

This year there were three main exhibit spaces focused on orchids.

A special exhibit this year is from Chadwick & Son, First Ladies and Their Orchids: A Century of Namesake Cattleyas.

A perennial favorite, Waldorf Orchids from New Jersey, created one of their best display’s yet.

Individual specimens displayed in the Horticultural Court deserve a special mention as well.

Here are some more photos from the First Ladies display.

Here are some more photos from the Waldorf display.

All of these spectacular orchids are part of the Horticultural Court.

~ Laura

~ Dave

2026 Philadelphia Flower Show

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Set to Open at the End of Feb.

This year’s Philadelphia Flower Show celebrates the nation’s 250 anniversary with a show titled “Rooted: Origins of American Gardening.”

The show opens to the public from Sat., Feb., 28 to March 7, from 10 am to 8 pm. Hours on Sun., March 8, are 10 am to 6 pm. The show will be held in the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St. Philadelphia, PA.

Susan Cohan’s exhibit “Kindred Spirit: Martha Brookes Hutcheson & Merchiston Farm” honors the work of Hutcheson who was a landscape architect more than 100 years ago. Hutcheson championed the use of native plants and blurred the lines between agriculture and gardens.
Susan Cohan’s exhibit “Kindred Spirit: Martha Brookes Hutcheson & Merchiston Farm” honors the work of Hutcheson who was a landscape architect more than 100 years ago. Hutcheson championed the use of native plants and blurred the lines between agriculture and gardens.

Members may attend the show on Members’ Preview Day,  Fri., Feb. 27 from noon to4:00 pm, and one hour early from Feb.  28 to March 8 (9 to 10 am) in addition to the hours that it is open to the public.

Wondering what this year’s show will feature? Here is a sampling:

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