Cleveland Botanical Garden's Orchid Mania 2010 Opens Saturday, February 27

CLEVELAND, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Orchid Mania, Cleveland Botanical Garden's annual ode to nature's most exotic plant, returns to the Garden Saturday, February 27 through Sunday, March 28. The Garden is located at 11030 East Boulevard in University Circle. Visitor hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday; the Garden is closed on Mondays. The exhibit is free with general admission to the Garden: $7.50 for adults, $3 for children ages 3-12, and free for members and children under 3.

Now in its 7th year, the Garden's orchid show offers a welcome late winter respite and the opportunity for visitors to see hundreds of dazzling blooms in all their staggering variety, color, shapes and sizes. By popular demand, hundreds of orchids will once again be displayed in fanciful ways in the naturalistic setting of the Eleanor Armstrong Smith Glasshouse. And in keeping with the unlimited floral design possibilities inherent in using orchids, a dramatic, contemporary "orchid forest" will greet visitors upon entering the exhibit.

As always, the show promises popular orchids such as moth orchids, cymbidiums and slipper orchids. But visitors should keep an eye out for rare and new varieties as well. "You'll find connoisseur orchids that you won't see every day," says Cynthia Druckenbrod, the Garden's director of horticulture. The Garden Store will also carry a variety of unusual orchids for visitors to purchase and take home.

Other popular Orchid Mania programs include:

• Orchid Vendor Weekend (March 6 &7): an opportunity for visitors to purchase orchids from top area suppliers
• Ask the Orchid Doctor (March 13 & 17): an opportunity for visitors to bring questions – and ailing orchids – to the Garden's experts

Complete program and visitor information is available at the Garden's website, www.cbgarden.org.

SOURCE Cleveland Botanical Garden