Brandon Tam, Orchid Specialist at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA will take us on a virtual tour of their spectacular orchid collection. Brandon is seen above with Selenipedium aequinoctiale growing in Ecuador.

With over 10,000 orchid plants, The Huntington has one of the largest orchid collections in the United States, and one of the five most diverse collections in the world, with over 3,600 unique varieties, representing 280 genera, including, but not limited to, Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium, Cymbidium, Cattleya, Stanhopea, and Lycaste. The collection has grown significantly in the last decade through donations, acquisitions, and propagations. These orchids and other tropical plants are maintained in three off-view greenhouses and one public conservatory, totaling over 26,000 square feet in space. The extensive diversity of orchids within the collections enable staff to display blooming orchids year-round in the Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Botanical Science, where examples of rare plants are rotated on a weekly basis for the public to view, appreciate, and interpret. Join us on a virtual tour of the collection as we discover the importance of this collection and the role it plays in the botanical world.

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