October 4 is Member Preview Day for The Orchid Show 2024: PURPLE

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Between the colors red and blue lies a range of vibrant hues that makes up the wild and wonderful world of purple! Immerse yourself in purple flowers and foliage at this year’s Orchid Show at Selby Gardens’ Downtown Sarasota campus, showcasing the magnificence and majesty of the royal family of plants. The Orchid Show 2024: PURPLE! presented by Better-Gro, will combine a stunning display of purple orchids in the Tropical Conservatory with a dynamic exhibition of botanical books, prints, photographs, and other materials in the Museum of Botany & the Arts. The conservatory will be filled with masses of purple orchid flowers and other plants with purple foliage. Selby Gardens members get exclusive first access to explore the entire exhibition before the show opens to the public on Saturday, October 5!

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