Orchid Show

The annual Orchid Show is your once-a-year opportunity to see hundreds of these blooming plants on public display. For most of the year, the Garden’s permanent orchid collection lives in greenhouses, where they are cared for by horticulture staff.

The Garden's vast orchid collection includes well over 5,000 individual plants representing nearly 700 unique kinds of orchids. Nearly one in ten orchids in the collection is threatened or endangered. Different species bloom at different times, so the Orchid Show is constantly changing as new orchids come into bloom and are brought out on display.

While viewing the Orchid Show, you can also enjoy the new, permanent living collections that surround the orchids in the new Emerson Conservatory. These plantings include species from Mediterranean climates around the world, such as California, South Africa, Western Australia, Chile, and the Mediterranean itself.

The Orchid Show is open daily January 31–March 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Orchid Show is included with Garden admission.

📸 Mary Lou Olson

You may also like the following events from Missouri Botanical Garden:

• Next Thursday, 5th February, 06:00 pm, Orchid Nights in Southhampton