Monday, February 16: The Denver Botanic Gardens (Part 2 - the orchids)

[mistressofmuses]

The reason that Alex and I went to the Denver Botanic Gardens was to see one of their temporary exhibits, which was their orchid showcase. Luckily we managed to make it on the final day!

Not a lot of commentary for me, mostly just pictures, ha. So many orchids! Lots of the "usual" ones that are the most commercially available, but a lot of less-common colors and kinds as well. I love them all!


A wall of different kinds!


The star shape of this kind is one of my favorites, and I do love the colors.

17 more orchid pictures:

Speckles.


I like the darker color of these.


Very large!


These are such a cool shape!


I like the contrast between the flowers on the left and the more "slipper" shaped one on the right.


The little ones are neat. Little sprays of stars.


The pale yellow is such a smooth color.


Jailed for crimes.


Spectacular in a group.


Nice color and shape.


A classic fave.


Another nice, soft color. They look a bit like lilies.


I love the star shapes.


Really cool vibrant veining.


Really like how different they are from each other!


Nice pattern.


I love these colors.

I'm very glad we were able to go before the exhibit closed! It was a perfect day to go.

Comments

[olivermoss]

Lots of pretty flowers! The orchid attempting a jailbreak is my favorite, it's such a good visual presentation of the plant!