Orchid Daze:
Beauty and Light

Orchid Daze, the Garden’s annual celebration of its signature plant collection, blooms through April 13 with a dazzling exhibition making use of the abundant natural light in the Fuqua Conservatory and Orchid Center.

The works complement three strikingly different orchid landscapes in the Fuqua Conservatory Lobby, Orchid Center Atrium and Orchid Center Tropical Display House.

In the east-facing Conservatory Lobby, vertical curtains of crystals capture soft morning light reflected through through alternating layers of jewel-toned miniature orchids. A spiral galaxy of crystals hovers in the space above the corridor linking the Conservatory and Orchid Center, where it atrium is bursting with orchids mounted large silver spheres. A crystalline water feature forms the focal point in the formal bed of the Orchid Display House directly behind the Reflection Pond, where visitors can linger and sit among the orchids on display inside the cedar pergola.

The Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Fuqua Orchid Center houses one of the largest collections of species orchids under glass in the United States. The Garden currently ranks 2nd globally for the total number of ex situ orchid taxa maintained in its collection.

The Garden’s renowned collection features a diverse range of species, including Phalaenopsis, Cattleya, Dendrobium, and Paphiopedilum, along with numerous rare and endangered orchids.

The Fuqua Orchid Center is home to two of the Garden’s five Nationally Accredited Plant Collections™ — Stanhopea and Gongora — which are known for their intense fragrances (vanilla, cinnamon and wintergreen) and their striking, bird- or dragon-like flowers.

Opened in 2002, the Fuqua Orchid Center was the first conservatory in the country designed specifically to house, display, and support orchids. The Garden also plays a key role in orchid conservation efforts, conducting research and working to preserve endangered and difficult-to-cultivate species.

The Fuqua Orchid Center showcases the Garden’s renowned collection of orchids in 16,000 sq. ft. of indoor landscapes and seasonal displays. Go behind the scenes with The Orchid Column.

Learn from the best as the Garden’s Orchid Curator explains how to repot your orchid at home.