Orchids: Day At the Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1 by MaypopLaurel

MaypopLaurel wrote:
The last few days have given us clear skies and temps in the mid-sixties. I took advantage of the weather and went to the ABG. The last time I was careful to record all the orchid names. This time I just shot the flower photos. If you know the name please feel free to add or correct me. BTW, there are a number of non-orchids here too. I'll post some and add more later.

The Fuqua Conservatory (named after the Retail Credit founder) is huge! It's divided into warm, cool and desert regions, has a flasking lab with glass walls to observe the process and the progress of the plants and a classroom. I didn't go to the desert on this time. It's so hot in there and the plants give me nightmares (just kidding). Besides, neat thorny things were looking good outside. The Fuqua exhibits orchids for temporary display by several growers, but concentrates on collecting rare and endangered species.

Here's a bit of downtown skyline from the back of the conservatory.