Photos: Atlanta Botanical Garden's 'Orchid Daze'

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Photos: Atlanta Botanical Garden's 'Orchid Daze'

Drive away the winter blues with the Atlanta Botanical Garden's exhibition of gorgeous orchids.

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

Mark DeLong of Atlanta takes in a bit of hidden beauty, a white orchid peaking from beneath some of the greenery at the Fuqua Orchid Center at Atlanta Botanical Garden. Christopher Quinn

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

Glenn and Sharon Egan brought their grandson Beau Bell to the opening of the Atlanta Botanical Garden's Orchid Daze exhibit last Saturday. Christopher Quinn

Chris File, a volunteer and orchid specialist at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, takes a break, framed by her favorite flowers, last Saturday. Christopher Quinn

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

Zach and Lauren Kent of Lawrenceville checked showed up early for the Atlanta Botanical Garden's Orchid Daze exhibit. More than 1,000 blooming orchids are on display in a wave of color at the Fuqua Orchid Center. Christopher Quinn

Zach and Lauren Kent of Lawrenceville checked showed up early for the Atlanta Botanical Garden's Orchid Daze exhibit. More than 1,000 blooming orchids are on display in a wave of color at the Fuqua Orchid Center. Christopher Quinn

Zach and Lauren Kent of Lawrenceville checked showed up early for the Atlanta Botanical Garden's Orchid Daze exhibit. More than 1,000 blooming orchids are on display in a wave of color at the Fuqua Orchid Center. Christopher Quinn

Becky Brinkman of the Atlanta Botanical Garden re-pots an orchid for Linda Stillwell of Decatur during the opening weekend of Orchid Daze. Brinkman, the garden's resident orchid expert, will be giving advice and help during some weekends of the exhibit, which runs through April. Christopher Quinn

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

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Orchid Daze, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's annual showcase for more than 1,000 of the showy flowers, brings a pop of color to gray winter days. Christopher Quinn

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