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Orchid Show

January 31, 2026 - March 1, 2026
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Missouri Botanical Garden > Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center > Emerson Conservatory
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The annual Orchid Show is your once-a-year opportunity to see hundreds of these blooming plants on public display.  For most of the year, the Garden’s permanent orchid collection lives in greenhouses, where they are cared for by horticulture staff.

The Garden's vast orchid collection includes well over 5,000 individual plants representing nearly 700 unique kinds of orchids. Nearly one in ten orchids in the collection is threatened or endangered. Different species bloom at different times, so the Orchid Show is constantly changing as new orchids come into bloom and are brought out on display.

While viewing the Orchid Show, you can also enjoy the new, permanent living collections that surround the orchids in the new Emerson Conservatory. These plantings include species from Mediterranean climates around the world, such as California, South Africa, Western Australia, Chile, and the Mediterranean itself.

The Orchid Show is open January 31–March 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is included with Garden admission. 


In addition to regular viewing, the Garden offers expanded ways to experience the Orchid Show through new accessibility-focused tours.  
 

Tuesday, February 10 | 4–5 p.m. 
Designed for guests who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and their loved ones, this Docent-led tour explores the Orchid Show with American Sign Language interpretation. This tour is included in admission, but prior registration is required.  

Tuesday, February 17 | 10–11 a.m. 
This tour explores the Orchid Show alongside a Garden Docent providing audio description of the plants and informational signage included in the show. The tour is designed specifically for guests who are blind or have low vision, as well as their loved ones and is included in admission, but prior registration is required.  

Monday, February 23 | 4–5 p.m. 
Enjoy a guided tour of the Orchid Show created especially for people with memory loss and their loved ones and support person. Participants can take a short, relaxing walk through the beautiful Emerson Conservatory, surrounded by hundreds of orchids from the Garden’s historic collection. This tour is included in admission, but prior registration is required.