Orchid show aiming for Monet-like experienceBy Yang Yuan-ting and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThis year’s Taiwan International Orchid Show, which is to be held from Feb. 27 to March 16, is to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) to transform the hall into a canvas, aiming to make visitors feel as if they are stepping into a Claude Monet painting, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday. Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hu Jong-i, fourth left, Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-chi, fourth right, and other officials attend a news conference at Taipei Railway Station yesterday to introduce this year’s Taiwan International Orchid Show. People could plan a one-day trip to visit the orchid show during the day and the lantern festival at night, Huang said. Hu said the ministry is continuing efforts to promote domestic orchid sales, citing that as the second-phase expansion of the Tainan Orchid Biotech Park is completed, more businesses would have access to the park. The ministry hopes to grow the total value of Taiwan’s orchid market to at least NT$10 billion, he said.

Source: Taipei Times February 10, 2026 17:21 UTC