(above) Big Shot ‘Hilo Sparkle’, member of the
Orchidaceae family. (top) Orchids on display at
the exhibit. (left) Calm Seas, of the Orchiaceae
family, on display.
(below) Attendees Kesanee Ortiz, Sherwin Mahon,
Katie Cxermsirivatana, Terrance Singleton,
Sunny King and Abraham Chin.
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Jeff Leatham’s
Kaleidoscope orchid
show at NYBG
On Tuesday, February 11, a preview of Jeff Leatham’s
Kaleidoscope orchid show was held at the Enid A. Haupt
Conservatory within New York Botanical Garden. Jeff
Leatham is the famed artistic director of the Four Season
Hotel George V. Paris, also with studios in the Four
Season Hotel Philadelphia and the Four Seasons Hotel
Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, and has been creating a
sensation with his fl oral installations since he began
his career in 1995.
A plentiful bouquet of orchids hangs in the entryway.
(below) (l-r) Olga Luz Tirado, executive Director of the
Bronx Tourism Council, Carrie Barratt, CEO of the New
York Botanical Garden, Barbara Selesky and Michael
Flaminio, from Woodlawn Cemetery and Elizabeth
Figueroa, associate vice president of Community Relations
at the New York Botanical Garden.
(right) Light purple and yellow
orchids on display at the exhibit.
Photos by Laura Stone