>>> SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS JOKE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT HAS 12 SEASONS IN A YEAR.

HOPEFULLY WE MADE IT TO THIS POINT.

AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE NOT FAR FROM HERE, BUT, WE DO KNOW OF AT LEAST ONE PLACE WHERE SPRING HAS SPRUNG.

>> STEPPED INSIDE THE CHICAGO BOTANICAL GARDENS AND YOU MIGHT FORGET IT IS WINTER.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE GARDEN IS A PLACE TO COME YEAR-ROUND.

WHEN YOU WANT TO COME INSIDE AND WARM-UP, YOU ARE CRAVING THAT COLOR, AND YOU ARE CRAVING TO SEE SOMETHING BRIGHT AND WARM.>> WITH MORE THAN 25,000 DIFFERENT SPECIES, THE ORCHIDS ARE ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE PLANS AROUND.

AND THEY SHOWCASE THAT VARIETY.

THERE ARE ORCHIDS WITH SPOTS, STRIPES, SHADES OF PINK, PURPLE, YELLOW, THERE ARE ORCHIDS HANGING LIKE DISCO BALLS, TAKING UP ENTIRE ROOMS.

YOU GET THE POINT.

IT IS A BIG SHOW AND THIS YEAR IT IS MAGNIFIED.>> THIS THEME CAME ABOUT BECAUSE, HOW COULD WE SHOW THE ORCHID AND THEIR BIG QUALITIES?

THERE ARE SO MANY INTRICACIES ABOUT THE ORCHID, AND THE SHOW ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THEM THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS.

LITERALLY.

THERE ARE MAGNIFYING GLASSES FOR CLOSE-UP VIEWS.

FUN HOUSE MIRRORS THAT DISTORT AND EXAGGERATE.

A SHORT FILM THAT ZOOMS IN ON THE INNER WORLD OF ORCHIDS.

AND FOR A SHOWSTOPPER, THERE'S THIS GIANT TELESCOPE MADE OF ORCHIDS THAT HAS BECOME QUITE A SENSATION WITH VISITORS.

>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT TAKE A PHOTO OF IT.

YOU HAVE PEER JOY JUST WATCHING THESE FLOWERS AND REVELING IN THEM AND HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY LOOKING AT IT.>> MOST ARE HYBRIDS IMPORTED FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT, SOME COME FROM THE GARDEN'S OWN GREENHOUSE CALLED THE ORCHID AREA.

HE MANAGES THIS COLLECTION OF 2000 PLANS, WHICH INCLUDES A NUMBER OF RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES.>> WE STILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SPECIES IN THIS COLLECTION, AND HAVING THE PLANTS IN THE COLLECTION ALLOWS US TO TRY AND FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PERHAPS WHY THEY ARE HAVING ISSUES.>> IT ISN'T OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BUT HUTCHINS GAVE US A TOUR.

THERE ARE SPECIMENS IN THE COLLECTION FROM AS FAR AWAY AS AUSTRALIA AND AS CLOSE TO HOME AS ILLINOIS.

THAT'S RIGHT, WE SAID ILLINOIS.

>> ONE THING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO REALIZE IS WE HAVE OVER 40 SPECIES OF ORCHIDS THAT ARE NATIVE TO ILLINOIS.

THERE IS ONE SPECIES THAT BLOOMS IN THE SUMMER SO YOU CAN SEE THIS FROM THE FLOWERS BOX, BUT IT HAS A LEAF IN THE WINTER, SO THIS CAN GET COVERED IN SNOW AND IT'LL STILL SURVIVE.

THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY COOL PLANS, EVEN WITHIN OUR OWN STATE.>> HAVING HER OWN PERSONAL ORCHID SHOW NEVER GETS OLD.

>> THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO LEARN AND HOW THE PLANTS ARE GROWING AND HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, AND TRYING TO FIND ADDITIONAL PLANS TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION, I'M LEARNING ABOUT THOSE AS WELL.

I'M NEVER BORED.

I MEAN, LOOK AROUND.>> THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE TAKES HER WORK HOME AT NIGHT.>> PARTLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE TWO CATS THAT WOULD EAT THEM.

>> THE SHOW RUNS THROUGH MARCH 26, YOU CAN FIND MORE DETAILS ON THEIR WEBSITE.

THE SHOW CLOSES MARCH 26, THEN THEY GO ON SALE MARCH 30.

PEOPLE LINE UP LIKE IT IS A HARRY STILES CONCERT AT UNITED CENTER, THEY WANT TO GET A SHOT AT SOME OF THESE ORCHIDS.

9:00 THROUGH 4:00 ARE THE HOURS.

>> I'M NOT PROUD TO SAY THIS BUT I HAVE BEEN THE OWNER OF AN ORCHID OR TWO THAT DID NOT QUITE LIVE UP TO ITS POTENTIAL.

WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE?

>> JOANNA HUDGINS SAID THEY DO HAVE A REPUTATION OF BEING DIFFICULT TO GROW, THAT IS WHY YOU NEED TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK.

SOME OF THEM ARE EASIER TO GROW FOR NEWBIES, SO YOU NEED TO PICK THE ORCHID THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU.

IF YOU ARE A BEGINNER, DON'T GO FOR THE REALLY COMPLICATED ONES.

ALSO, THEY NEED CONSISTENCY.

SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO PUT IT IN A WINDOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO GET A LOT OF SUNLIGHT OR TEMPERATURE, THAT IS NOT THE BEST PLACE.