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Posted in Photography on February 24 2014, by Matt Newman
While Tropical Paradise has officially called it quits to make room for this Saturday’s opening of The Orchid Show: Key West Contemporary, our Tropical Paradise Photography Contest is still running for the remainder of this week. This Friday, February 28, is the last day that we’ll accept submissions before we close our doors for final deliberations, so be sure and get your photos up on our Flickr group before then!
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 23 2014, by Matt Newman
Up and up, The Orchid Show is coming together in the final stretch. And a good thing, too, since it starts on Saturday! Check out the second of our “Making Of” videos to get an idea of how things are playing out in the Conservatory.
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 21 2014, by Matt Newman
I’m resigning myself, happily, to the flood of orchid photos we’ll be seeing from Ivo over the next couple of months. Everything from the boisterous moth orchids you know so well to elegant jewelry like this, an epiphytic orchid that grows on mossy trees in the Philippines.
Dendrochilum cobbianum – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in The Orchid Show on February 20 2014, by Matt Newman
It’s little more than a week ’til we throw the spotlight on The Orchid Show: Key West Contemporary. The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is a flurry of activity. New installations—of display architecture, of flowers in bunches and bundles—are going up daily, and while Tropical Paradise continues through this Sunday, February 23, you can be sure you’ll see hints of the exhibition to come if you visit our famed glasshouse now. You might not catch any Hemingway lookalikes riding by on scooters just yet, but make no mistake: the Florida Keys are coming to New York on March 1!
Karen Daubmann, our Associate Vice President for Exhibitions, joined us in the Conservatory not long ago to catch us up on the show’s progress. She also gave us a little peek into the inspirations behind this year’s exhibition, including the reflecting pools and modernist pergolas of the Susan Henshaw Jones Garden down in Key West. We’ll have more “Making Of” videos like this one in the coming weeks, so have a look to get a taste of what’s on the horizon.
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Posted in Photography on February 16 2014, by Matt Newman
In the Nolen Glasshouses for Living Collections (and soon the Conservatory) – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 14 2014, by Matt Newman
The supporting players in this year’s Orchid Show don’t lack for flair.
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in The Orchid Show on February 12 2014, by Matt Newman
Something tells me we’ve all had our fill and then some of polar vortices, luge-like sidewalks, and the inevitable, near-weekly session with the snow shovel. And winter fashion is fun, but let’s be real: donning four layers to hit the corner bodega is getting to be a headache. Thankfully, whether or not Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, there’s hope on the horizon. And it’s bringing orchids.
As I write this, our winter sanctuary—Tropical Paradise in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory—is shedding its late-season colors for the vibrant return of the year’s most flamboyant exhibition. Thousands of orchids in fuchsia, chartreuse, and vivid purple are warming up in the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections, readying for the main act under the dome of our famed glasshouse. This year’s theme is a memorable one, too, especially if you’re prone to bouts of lazing in hammocks, sipping salt-rimmed margaritas in the shade of a coconut palm.
The Orchid Show: Key West Contemporary opens to the public on March 1. Here’s a teaser to hold you over!
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Posted in Photography on February 11 2014, by Matt Newman
In the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 7 2014, by Matt Newman
In the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on February 2 2014, by Matt Newman
Less than a month now ’til The Orchid Show: Key West Contemporary sashays its way into the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. I can certainly count the ways that I love this exhibition, but counting the days might be a better pastime.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Oncidium maculatum var. album, in the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections
If you love taking photographs of scenes like this, don’t forget to enter our Tropical Paradise Photography Contest!
