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The New York Botanical Garden’s annual Orchid Show, designed by acclaimed French artist and botanist Patrick Blanc, features 4,500 varieties of the flowering plants.  The exhibition, which is housed in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory and runs through April 22nd, showcases vertical gardens growing upwards on various panels and structures.

The Botanical Garden’s Marc Hachadourian offered a tutorial on what makes orchids unique.