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New Bloom: Never-Before-Seen Orchid to Debut at Kew Festival

<p>The exhibition of orchids is open to the public beginning Feb. 8 and includes a new Phalaenopsis hybrid 'Diamond Sky' never seen before.</p>
Ellie a horticulturist at Kew stands on a step ladder as she makes final adjustments during a media pre-view of an Orchid festival at Kew Botanical Gardens in London,Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. The exhibition of orchids is open to the public from Feb. 8 to March 9, 2014, and it includes a new new Phalaenopsis hybrid 'Diamond Sky' that has not ben seen before. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Ellie a horticulturist at Kew stands on a step ladder as she makes final adjustments during a media pre-view of an Orchid festival at Kew Botanical Gardens in London,Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. The exhibition of orchids is open to the public from Feb. 8 to March 9, 2014, and it includes a new new Phalaenopsis hybrid 'Diamond Sky' that has not ben seen before. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)Alastair Grant / AP

Ellie, a horticulturist at Kew Botanical Gardens, makes final adjustments during a media pre-view of an Orchid festival at Kew Botanical Gardens in London, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. The exhibition of orchids is open to the public from Feb. 8 to March 9, 2014, and it includes a new Phalaenopsis hybrid 'Diamond Sky' that has not been seen before.

Image: Diamond Sky orchid
A Phalaenopsis 'Diamond Sky' orchid is seen during a photocall for the 2014 'Orchids Festival' at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew.BEN STANSALL / AFP - Getty Images