The Personal Collection of Colonel Claude S. Buchanan
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Orchids, Mead Botanical Garden, Orlando-Winter Park, Fla.
Format
Color postcard
Date
c. 1940
Location
1300 S Denning Dr, Winter Park, FL 32789
Description
Postcard showing a bouquet of vibrant orchids. The illustration is evocative of the vibrant varieties of orchids found at Mead Botanical Garden. Situated between the Orlando and Winter Park area, the Mead Botanical Garden was dedicated in 1940, starting as about "50 acres of upland hammocks and lower wetlands, with streams, lakes, and ponds." It was named after a famed horticulturist, Theodore L. Mead, who specialized in growing orchids alongside his work developing new varieties of caladiums, rare ferns, and bromeliads.
Curator
Dianelys Nunez; Elio Singer
Copyright
Sarah Miller Boye
