Kew Gardens goes tropical for winter

Scott Taylor setting up the Tropical Extravaganza exhibition at Kew Gardens
Photograph: Andrew McRobb/Kew Garden

Phalaenopsis hybrid
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Horticulturists working on the installation, set in the tropical zone of the Princess of Wales conservatory
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Bromeliads - the family of plants that include pineapples
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The Princess of Wales Conservatory, where horticuilturists are installing part of the exhibition, is almost 5,000m2
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Phalaenopsis hybrid
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Tropical plants on display at Kew
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Phalaenopsis hybrid
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Jules Haywood setting up the tropical extravaganza festival at Kew Gardens
Photograph: Andrew McRobb/Kew Garden

Phalaenopsis hybrid
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Horticulturalist Jules Hayward works on the final stages of the display, whioch includes over 7,000 tropical plants and took over 2,270 hours to construct
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Vanada
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Horticulturist Saul Walker makes adjustments to a Cymbidium display
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Miltonia
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Horticulturist Maria Arcidiacono tends to the orchids in Kew's Waterlily House
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Zygopetalum
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Setting up the tropical extravaganza festival at Kew Gardens
Photograph: Andrew McRobb/Kew Garden

Dendrobein Photograph: Andrew McRobb/Kew Garden