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Missouri Botanical Garden 4344 Shaw Blvd. 314-577-9400  "When you think Saint Louis, think Saint Louis Front Page," a weekly publication covering the news and events in the greater St. Louis area.  |
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), January 31, 2010 - Visitors to the 92nd annual Orchid Show stroll through the Café de Monarque to enter the 5,000-square-foot Orthwein Floral Display Hall which has been completely transformed into a French-inspired streetscape under the Eifel Tower, through March 28 at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The Garden maintains one of the nation's largest orchid collections, with over 8,100 individual orchid plants in hundreds of varieties. The Orchid Show is the only time of year when a sizeable selection of plants from the collection is brought out en masse for public view. Shades of warm yellows, energetic oranges, pleasing plums and rosy reds mingle with passionate plums and winter whites reflected in the Cattleyas, Cymbidiums, Oncidiums and other orchids displayed from head to toe in a garden of greenery. Aloft throughout the garden, dozens of over-sized model butterflies covered with botanical surface treatments. Decorative fleurs de lis finials and ornamental obelisks accent the sophisticated scene, which showcases 700 to 800 individual blooming orchids at any one time. Each year, the Garden's Orchid Show is carefully constructed from the ground up by a team of horticulturists led by Floral Display designer Pat Scace and long-time orchid grower Babs Wagner. Throughout the duration of the eight-week show, orchids will be continually rotated out and replaced with fresh blooms as different cultivars come into flower, offering new sights and smells with each repeat visit. Visitors can dial 314-558-4357 from their mobile phones to hear detailed information on how the orchid displays were created. "This year's Orchid Show runs two weeks longer than in past years, so visitors will have the opportunity to see many of our orchids blooming that typically flower after the show ends," said Wagner. Admission to the Orchid Show is $5 per person (ages three and over), in addition to Garden admission ($8 adults; $4 residents of St. Louis City or County; free children ages 12 and under). Garden members are admitted free. Photographers are welcome to use hand-held cameras to capture the show for personal enjoyment, but tripod and monopod usage is not permitted indoors. For more information, call 314-577-9400 or 1-800- 642-8842 toll free.
The Missouri Botanical Garden, fondly known as Shaw's Garden to St. Louisans, contains a formal English garden, traditional Japanese garden, Margaret Blanke Grigg Chinese garden, the Flower Trial Garden, greenhouses and extensive landscaping. The garden also features the Climatron Complex, water lily reflection ponds and the William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening. The Climatron® geodesic dome and rainforest conservatory was dedicated 40 years ago in October 1960, replacing an old house built in 1913. The structure incorporates principles established by innovative architect R. Buckminster Fuller and was the first application of geodesic engineering for a greenhouse. The St. Louis architecture firm of Murphy & Mackey developed plans for the facility with Garden director Frits W. Went, who coined the term, Climatron. The dome is 70 feet high and 175 feet in diameter, permitting tall palm trees to tower majestically above the tropical vista of streams, waterfalls and 1,200 different species of exotic trees and plants. Temperature ranges from 64 to 74 degrees and average humidity is 85 percent. Visitors can enjoy a sense of being in a jungle while making their way by orchids, passion flowers, hibiscus flowers, cycads and a number of endangered species. In 1976, the dome was named one of the 100 most significant architectural achievements in United States history. The Garden, covering 79 acres, is located at 4344 Shaw Blvd, just south of Hwy 44 between Vandeventer and Grand. Extended summer hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays only from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Free parking on premises, as well as an extensive gift shop and restaurant with patio dining. For more information, call the GardenLine at 314-577-9400 or 800-642-8842. Archived Stories:  Gardenland Express Chugs Into Missouri Botanical Garden for Holiday SeasonGardenland Express Brings Wintery Wonderland in the Mountains of Vermont to Missouri Botanical GardenMissouri Botanical Garden Celebrates Six Millionth Herbarium Specimen 
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