What To Do: January means Orchid Extravaganza at Longwood

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Orchids at Longwood Gardens If you ask Siri to name the largest family of flowering plants in the world, she/he/it would quickly come up with the answer. The largest family of flowering plants in the world is the orchid — a flower that is acclaimed as one of the most beautiful, delicate and graceful flowers in the world. The Royal Botanical...

What To Do: orchids take center stage at Longwood

Also: educational mini golf, marine dinosaurs and racing nirvana By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Longwood Garden’s “Orchid Extravaganza” opens this weekend and runs through March 29. What do you think is the largest family of flowering plants in the world? You can give three answers and you still probably won’t come up with the correct answer. But, if your answer was “the...