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.