Orchids in Longwood Gardens

On 23rd March 2008, we were invited by some good friends to visit the famous Longwood Gardens in Kennett Place, Pennsylvania. It was about the end of March and therefore it was still in winter time. There were not many leaves on the tree. Flower beds had no flower. Water fountains were dry. We were quite disappointed at first until we walked into the Conservatory, one of the biggest green houses in the world. In there, thousands of orchids were displayed. Once we saw that, our first reaction was to change to the micro lens as quickly as possible so that we started our wonderful journey of flower photography.

The orchid show there was simply breathtaking. We thought that we have seen a lot of orchids. But, in there, we saw some new species we have never seen before. From what we learn, orchid has over 900 genera and 25000 species. Also, people develop hybrids from time to time. We saw one orchid there labeled as "To be Named". In this picture, these two orchid flowers positioned themselves nicely, one up and one down facing the same direction.