Join us at the Arlington planetarium for the regional premiere of this planetarium show! You can't see this show anywhere else in the US at this time!
Aesthetic, unique, impressive - this fulldome planetarium show will introduce audience members to the largest and most varied family of plants - and to the research on orchids carried out by Charles Darwin. The show is an intense, yet elegant experience. Lose yourself in a sea of colors, and let yourself be carried away and enchanted by the fabulous orchids!
Orchids are amazingly seductive and full of tricks when it comes to attracting insects and ensuring pollination, which in turn means securing their own survival. Their creativity amazed Charles Darwin who carried out intensive research on this family of plants.
The audience will see various orchid species up close, and learn the tricks used by the the flowers to ensure their reproduction. Darwin once wrote that hardly anything else had fascinated him so much as orchids.
Audience: Older students and adults
Duration: 42 minutes