Orchid paradise in the Bronx

Recently I attended the NY Botanical Gardens featuring the Orchid Show. I took many, many photos of these amazing fake-looking flowers - so many varieties, colors, features. Just one jaw-dropping beauty after another.

 

After the orchid exhibit we walked around the expansive grounds taking in all the in-season flora. Standing downwind from the peonies and lilacs was amazing. Then a stroll through the azaleas was like being back in Maryland in the spring - anywhere not overrun by deer like our neighborhood where azaleas are picked clean of buds before you can say "deer spray" (which doesn't work).