As much as our winter-chilled bodies might sense something wrong with the notion, there is a restorative power to seeing flowers amid frigidity.
"It’s alive," says Gabe Hutchison, a curator at Chicago Botanic Garden. "It doesn’t feel like Chicago winter. It’s not taking a nap. It’s not cold."
And now that Hutchison’s employer’s annual orchid show has joined Garfield Park and Lincoln Park conservatories as sources for off-season flora, February is an especially rewarding time for those seeking the swampy smell of greenery, the flash of a petal, the delicate interplay of pistil and stamen.
‘Orchids in Vogue’ Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune
Rare Taiwanese Waterfall Orchids are displayed Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 in a gallery during "Orchids in Vogue," currently at Chicago Botanic Garden.
Rare Taiwanese Waterfall Orchids are displayed Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 in a gallery during "Orchids in Vogue," currently at Chicago Botanic Garden.
(Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune)
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