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You can still get tickets for the show, which ends this weekend.

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The show concludes with a series of long walls in a variety of ferns and grasses help to draw out the shape, color and texture of the orchids.

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Blanck's compositions flow not only across the X- and Y-axis but ripple out and in as they move across all three dimensions. Here, orchids hang overhead as one moves from the exhibition room to the final hallway.

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The inside of the cube contains a brief retrospective of Blanck's career, offering panels of biography, notable works, and these sketches th at he made in peparation for his work on the Fronius Headquarters building.

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The cube's side entrance.

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Without a door to divide the side wall down the middle, flowers and foliage are able to sweep across the entire surface.

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"The emphasis this year is not just on the orchid but on the many other plants that play an important role and complement their beauty," the garden's orchid specialist, Marc Hachadourian, explained.

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The sight upon entering the exhibition room, where pots of Lady Slipper orchids on the right and left lead the eye toward Blanck's cube.

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The greenhouse that leads visitors into the main exhibition halls. Up on the left, a pot of purple Vandas (discovered in NorthIndia and nicknamed Rainbow Orchids for their ability to appear in nearly any color) hide beneath the foliage.

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Aptly named Dancing Lady orchids hang from a tree in the conservatory's rainforest wing, where a handful of orchids prepares the visitor for what's to come.