What’s Beautiful Now: Orchids Obscured
Posted in What's Beautiful Now on December 3 2012, by Matt Newman
This post is a bit of an anomaly for our “What’s Beautiful Now” series. Usually, we cobble these together to show our fans and visitors what’s worth slipping into the agenda during a trip to the NYBG; each post is a rundown of what you should go and enjoy at its peak flower or aroma, depending on the season. But some of the collections we have growing here at the Garden aren’t always open for public consumption–not yet, anyway. They’re too early in their growth, or still being primped for coming exhibitions. And most of these plants fall within the purview of the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections, where preparation begins for coming events many months (if not years) before opening day rolls around.
Seeing as I already teased you this past weekend with some of the jungle jewels sprouting up under the glass of the Nolen Greenhouses, I figure there’s no reason to keep the rest of Ivo’s recent photo shoot cooped up in our files. Standouts among the photos taken are easily the orchids, a few of which we expect to steal the spotlight in 2013’s spring Orchid Show. And while we can’t spill the entire layout of the exhibition just yet, I’m all too happy to pass along a gallery of eye candy in the meantime.
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Most of the plants growing in the Nolen Greenhouses are off limits to outside viewers, with the exception of the occasional Members Only tour. But in due time, what is born in Nolen will live out its finest days for everyone to see, whether that’s in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, future displays in the Library Building’s Orchid Rotunda (currently exhibiting the maquettes of Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculpture), or elsewhere. For now, consider this a brief tropical intermission between the scarves and toy trains. It doesn’t hurt to remind you that, following the Holiday Train Show, we’ll also be leaping right into the Conservatory’s Tropical Paradise events in late January. Stay tuned!
