Celebrate Orchids Untamed at the Chicago Botanic Garden

The Orchid Show: Untamed, at the Chicago Botanic Garden, running through March 27, will feature more than 10,000 orchid blooms. The exhibit focuses on how orchids grow where many other plants cannot, emphasizing how their irrepressible spirit reflects hope, resilience and beauty in an unpredictable world.

Related events include Orchids After Hours on Thursday evenings, where visitors can experience a nighttime viewing of the show with cocktails and a retro menu. A library exhibition, Reichenbachia: Kings, Queens and Orchid Mania, features three chromolithograph orchids in elephant folio volumes through March 31, with a talk at 2 p.m., March 13. Photographers’ hours from 8:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. on Tuesdays through March 22 allow the use of tripods and monopods.

A Post-Orchid Show Sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., March 31, provides an opportunity to take home favorite orchids from the show.

Location: 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe. For more information and tickets, visit ChicagoBotanic.org/orchid.