Not too sure who was in charge of publicizing the "rare" and "incredible" site of an Ang. sesquipedale in bloom, but I have my suspicions :biggrin:

I had taken only one picture of the overall plant, but I was bumped by the crowd, so it came out all blurry and unpresentable. It would have shown the 8 inch spurs. I have to pick up some things later this week at MSBG, so I may stop inside the display house again and attempt to get some better pics... they had a few Heliconia and rare epiphytic Begonia in bloom I wanted to see up close, so I'll get some pics of them too... :)

Also, the Bombax are in full bloom at MSBG, so I'll have to get a better pic of the trees (part of one can be seen on the right side of the photo of the Banyan Courtyard, with large red flowers)... anyone else have any other plant interests that they would like to see?

-Pat

I think in general botanical garden directors are more business people and not plants people. When I was at ABG I heard this same sentiment and I have heard Fairchild is going the same way.
If you think about it, while this orchid is not rare to you that have it or are into orchids in general it is to those that only see orchids at Lowes and Home Depot. This same discussion comes up as it relates to Aroids also and the bottom line is 'It's business'. To compete for the public's entertainment dollar they are doing all kinds of things like this to drum up business.

:lol: :drool: thanks to u :banana: for this nice trip:drool:

Thanks for the great tour. You did very good in taking the pics. I like them all. Brings back memories of the times we went..would love to go there again.

Carol