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The American Orchid Society Visitors Center and Botanical Garden was a 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) botanical garden specializing in orchids and home to the American Orchid Society. The facility was located in Morikami Park at 16700 AOS Lane, Delray Beach, Florida , United States , and included a 4,000 square foot (370 m 2 ) greenhouse open to the public ...
Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates American Orchid Society Visitors Center and Botanical Garden: American Orchid Society: Delray Beach: Arboretum of the University of Central Florida
Nervilia, commonly known as shield orchids, is a genus of orchids with about 80 species widely distributed across most of sub-Saharan Africa, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, India, China, Japan, Indochina, Indonesia, etc.), Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
He laughs about all this starting with $25. That was how much it cost to buy Dr. Carlyle A. Luer’s “The Native Orchids of Florida” at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami in 1972.
The AOS is the parent organization for local orchid societies in North and South America. [2] It is affiliated with 600 orchid societies worldwide. [7] A local commercial orchid grower, Robert Fuchs, said, "The American Orchid Society has the best orchid library in the Americas and orchid art work that is phenomenal."
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is an 83-acre (34 ha) botanic garden with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees, and vines. It is located in the city of Coral Gables , Miami-Dade County , just south of Miami , surrounded at the north and west by Matheson Hammock Park .
The new Boca Raton location will feature an open-kitchen design with 7,700 square feet of indoor space. It will include the main dining area, a space for private events, an indoor and an outdoor ...
It features a dry landscape garden and a permanent exhibit on the history of the Yamato Colony in Boca Raton, and a hands-on exhibit, "Japan Through the Eyes of a Child". The main museum building houses three exhibits, a 225-seat theater, a tea house, classrooms, a research library, a store, and the Cornell Cafe. [ 2 ]