New York Botanical Garden's Orchid Show: Key West Contemporary

The New York Botanical Garden’s Orchid Show opened this weekend in the Bronx. The orchid show is the largest of its kind in the country. This year, the exhibit is inspired by a modernist estate garden in Key West, Florida.

11th Annual Orchid Show Opens at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx

Yesterday, the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx opened its doors to the 11th annual Orchid Show. Thousands of brilliantly colored orchids in various forms are on display throughout the galleries of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. This show is considered the largest exhibition of its kind in the United States. In this year's show, trees from the NYBG's grounds that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy are incorporated in the display. In addition to the orchid show, there are talks, classes, demonstrations, music and even Orchid Evenings at the New York Botanical Garden. The Orchid Show runs through April 22.

The New York Botanical Garden's ORCHID SHOW: On Broadway

Orchid display inspired by the Walter Kerr Theater in Manhattan

Orchid chandelier, a floral interpretation of the majestic chandelier at the Eltinge Theatre during Broadway's Golden Age.

Orchids and lights

The New York Botanical Garden's Library Gallery

The New York Botanical Garden's orchid show, "Orchid Show: On Broadway" opened yesterday at the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Tony Award-winning set designer SCOTT PASK and image-maker DREW HODGES brought together over 300 types of orchids and created displays with dramatic curtains, chandeliers and arcades reminiscent of Broadway's iconic theaters including the Walter Kerr Theater and the New Amsterdam Theater. On a limited engagement, the NYBG Orchid Show is the largest orchid exhibition in America. The botanical garden's Library Gallery has a special exhibition, "Hirschfeld's Broadway Scrapbook" featuring the Al Hirschfeld's private collection of iconoclastic line drawings of Broadway performers, authors and songwriters. Hirschfeld was one of the most important figures in contemporary caricature.