The Orchid Show: Brand-New Selections

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In this video , Marc Hachadourian , conservator of the orchid collection at the New York Botanical Garden , shares a rare glimpse of his favorite unexampled hybrid and cultivars .

One of the really majuscule part of my caper as conservator of the Orchid Show is working with breeders all over the country , and even some from other parts of the world , to introduce new and strange training and to showcase new varieties . Essentially , it ’s their globe trailer here at the Orchid Show .

By work with these fantastic hybridizers , some we have been working with for over 12 years , we have the power to display the usual range of orchids as well as the latest in orchid breeding .

For object lesson , take these Phaleanopsis , bred by a well - known Florida stock breeder who specializes in unusual colors and normal of Phaleanopsis . He has created colour and pattern that did n’t exist even five years ago . Now these hybrids will be circulate in mass , so they will be available to the home plate nurseryman .

At the conclusion of the show , the best - of - the - best gets incorporated into our collection . consist of approximately 7,000 specimens , the orchid solicitation at the New York Botanical Garden is one of the big institutional orchid collection in the world .

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