{"id":158687,"date":"2026-03-10T01:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/158687\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T01:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:13:08","slug":"mr-flower-fantastic-creates-true-concrete-jungle-display-of-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/158687\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Flower Fantastic creates true \u2018Concrete Jungle\u2019 display of NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Botanical Garden annual orchid show has been running for 23 years, giving various floral artists the chance to display their work and talents.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s orchid show was created by an anonymous man who goes by the name \u201cMr. Flower Fantastic.\u201d His \u201cConcrete Jungle<\/a>\u201d theme showcased his specialization in various forms of floriography with street-inspired themes from being raised in Jamaica, Queens.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Juliana Cedro<\/a><\/p>\n

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The garden designer encased the intricacies of botanic beauty within the expansion of floral landscapes, contriving from the arrangement of orchids and other flowers relative to his approaches of floristry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr. Flower Fantastic is known as an exceptional artist-gardener, with a virtuoso expertise of shaping a set of flowers into the daily common places of New York City. These artworks are now on display in a section of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. He is considered an unlikely floral artist due to his severe pollen allergy<\/a>. A respirator mask and latex gloves have served not only for his safety but also as part of his artistic persona.<\/p>\n

Mr. Flower Fantastic has previously worked private commissions and in flower trade shows, but initial traces of his uprising presence came in 2018 when he worked with Serena Williams\u2019 team for her Nike \u201cQUEEN\u201d Air Max 97 project in a sculpture of his floristry. The final piece was showcased during the U.S. Open and became an influential cultural impact on the trajectory of his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since then, he has collaborated with major brands such as Adidas and Louis Vuitton. Remnants of his passion seemingly aligned with experiences in his mother\u2019s garden. He presented multiple NYC locations<\/a> for his orchid show.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrownstone\u201d featured a townhouse area in Jamaica, where purple orchids encompass the outside of a home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Juliana Cedro<\/a><\/p>\n

In \u201cCar Wash,\u201d he\u00a0 depicted a scene of a New York taxi cab driving into a car wash. A variety of yellow orchids surrounded the cab, while the cab itself was made using yellow, red, white and black flowers. <\/p>\n

\"\"Juliana Cedro<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cLaundromat\u201d included different orchid species inside washing machines, which relayed a message promoting the use of \u201ceco-friendly\u201d detergent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Juliana Cedro<\/a><\/p>\n

The NYBG presents the annual orchid show in the hopes of illustrating a message within its exhibitions toward its community, shedding light upon the small and overlooked areas of NYC.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For that reason, the show has been referred to as a love letter<\/a> to the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is for all of us,\u201d Mr. Flower Fantastic said. \u201cThis is the community garden. And it\u2019s for us. This is our city. I\u2019m grateful that everyone been here to enjoy it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Juliana Cedro<\/a><\/p>\n

The 2026 Orchid Show will run from Feb. 7 to April 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Botanical Garden annual orchid show has been running for 23 years, giving various floral artists…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-158687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}