Once again, we took a jaunt to the New York Botanical Gardens, this time to see the Orchid Show, and at half price no less. The subway to Grand Central reminded me once again of this magnificent edifice

and what a crime it was to lose the old Penn Station. (Source: bc.edu)

Hopefully, one day we will have the new Penn Station as envisioned by Daniel Patrick Moynihan created out of the still standing General Post Office Building, also designed by McKim, Mead and White.

(Source: designerscollaborativenyc.com) But I digress.

It was a mere 20-minute trip to the Botanical Gardens on Metro North, $4/senior, $2.50 on weekends, and there we were right at the entrance to the Garden. Our Goldstar 1/2 price tickets were $12/each and admitted us to the now flowering landscape

and right into the Enid Haupt Conservatory

transformed into a rainforest for this show. We saw butterfly orchids,

miniature orchids,

overhanging orchids,

orchid bowers,

potted orchids,(remember cattleyas that dates used to bring you to wear on a dress or a wrist a long long time ago?)

and startling brown,

spidery,

and amazing turquoise orchids.

Throw in a couple of brilliant bromeliads

and you’re done.

Just a few more days of this show, but how beautiful to go in weather like this. Take the trip–it’s fast, easy and cheap.