Think of Endless Forms as a sort of "secret lives of orchids" show. Credit: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Think of Endless Forms as a sort of “secret lives of orchids” show. Credit: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Orchids are the sexiest plant in the botanical world. Their shape even mimics reproductive organs (true story). If the orchid were a movie star, it would be Marilyn Monroe (by comparison, that potted ivy in your office is Kevin Bacon — everywhere and unremarkable). Find out more —and see some incredibly rare specimens —at Endless Forms, the Selby Botanical Garden’s 2018 orchid show. Oh, and keiki? It’s the Hawaiian word for a baby orchid that’s the result of asexual reproduction. Plants are kinky, y’all.

Endless Forms | Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 900 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota | Through Nov. 25 | $20; free, members | selby.org | Subscribe to Creative Loafing's weekly events newsletter, Do This

This article appears in Nov 8-15, 2018.

Cathy's portfolio includes pieces for Visit Florida, USA Today and regional and local press. In 2016, UPF published Backroads of Paradise, her travel narrative about retracing the WPA-era Florida driving...