What is National Orchid Day?

Each year, National Orchid Day honors one of the world's most diverse and widespread flowering plant families. The orchids' often vibrant and fragrant blooms are in bloom around the world. They are one of the two most popular flowering plants in the United States, with between 21,950 and 26,049 species listed. Not only are they prolific, but they also differ in size from the 2.1 mm wide Platystele jungermannioides to broad-bloomed Grammatophyllum speciosum..

While some find the orchid difficult to grow, others delight in their pleasant fragrance and rare beauty. Anybody can enjoy the beauty from home or visiting botanical gardens around the world, with so many varieties to choose from.

How to celebrate #nationalorchidday.

Enjoy the beauty of an Orchid.. Share photos of your stunning orchids you can grow. You can grow them. Give an orchid to someone with a green thumb. This orchid coloring page can also be downloaded and printed.

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