The Orchid Extravaganza at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square has captured the attention of Washington Post’s garden writer Adrian Higgins, who refers to the Longwood Garden orchid display as a “winter orchid fix” even bigger than the winter orchid show now display at the National Museum of Natural History in D.C.

According to Higgins, there are approximately 3,500 orchids in the show at Longwood Gardens:

“Approximately 3,500 orchids are on show, including displays in the opulent, marble-floored Exhibition Hall.

One of the stars of the “Orchid Extravaganza” exhibition is a moth orchid named Sogo Yukidian V3. Grown masterfully in Taiwan, its sprays are perfectly formed arcs of paired white blossoms. Longwood has a dozen of these on display for the first time. “We have wanted to get the plants here for years,” said Lee Alyanakian, an orchid specialist who helped stage the show. “We have seen them in the shows overseas.”

Read Higgins’ entire piece about both the Longwood Garden and National Museum of Natural History orchid display in Thursday’s Washington Post here.