EVENT REPORT   02.11.08 5:04 PM
More Inspiring Orchid Dinner Tabletops
With so many settings to explore, we had to share more unique ideas from the New York Botanical Garden's Orchid Dinner. Here are 10 additional tables to check out.
Our story from the dinner is here.

  —Lisa Cericola & Mark Mavrigian
The Lars Bolander dining table blended larger-than-life mushroom sculptures with white orchids.
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LMD Floral's undulating escort table was the first creation guests saw at the event.
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Sebastian Li Events' bold pink-and-orange table featured a flamboyant explosion of phalaenopsis blooms.
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Fête's towering waterfall structure included suspended crystal prisms and teardrops, along with a mirrored tabletop.
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A slumped chandelier (placed as if it fell from the ceiling) intertwined with orchids, moss, and greenery on Carrier and Company's table.
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Jamie Drake of Drake Design Associates used rows of compact fluorescent lightbulbs (placed within a moss base) to contain orchid stems.
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A bust of Persephone filled with a plethora of green and white orchid stems made a striking centerpiece at Richard Keith Langham's table.
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One of the quirkier designs was an ordinary floor lamp topped with a cymbidium orchid lampshade, by Stephen Miller Siegel Architects.
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Timothy Whealon Interiors created a stark tree centerpiece budding with orchids that stood in for leaves. Around its base was a small pool of water with live goldfish.
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The white orchid arrangement by Ovando for the Thom Felicia and Safavieh setting was reminiscent of a winter tree.
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