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The Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show and Sale took place recently.  It consists of a
competition for best individual flowers by individuals and best formal exhibit of 100, 150, or 200
square feet. Prizes are awarded.
The orchids on sale at the show are usually less expensive than in stores, and the variety
available is certainly the greatest you could find anywhere, so many people come each year and buy one or more orchids for their collection.

"Cranberry Honey" had two luscious colors

An exhibit with a number of first prize winning flowers.

First prize for White Cattleya Orchid.

"Tian Mu" won first prize in its class.

"Xian Gold" Orchids

"Fuller's Sunset"

"Orange Delight"

"Orange Beauty"

"Ruffled Petticoats"

"Heloise"

"Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright"

Exhibit based on colors and with Japanese sceens.

"Bird of Paradise"

"Harlequin"

"Kundo Arias" Orchids

A pair of "Blue Belles."

Another exhibit display

"Gold Stars"

"Old King of the Mountain"

"The Duchess of Gloucester"

"Encore"

"White Cattleya Maxima"

"Bitz' Heartthrob"

Pink Dendrobium Orchids

"Volcano Queen"

"Gulwadee's Fragrance" won first prize for best aroma.  It had a very strong,

slightly lemon odor.

"Cranberry Gold," a relative of "Cranberrry Honey"

" A Little Later "

"Jarak Brown" Vanda Orchid

A vendor offering Vanda Orchids.  These are not planted in soil, but hung from a tree or

balcony or the side of the house.  The long roots absorb humidity from the air.  Most of them

bloom several times per year.  Several of my neighbors have them hanging from trees

in their yards.

"Esther Williams"

The inside of the Convention Center with an orchid exhibit.

"November Days"

"Fair Catherine"

"Audacious"

"Yerba Buena" Paphiopedelium Orchids, like Lady Slippers

"Rosy Mornings"

"Aunt Abigail"

"Delicate Charm"

"Yaha Mahiro"

"Kamehama"

"Lovely Nicole"

"Glorious Luster"

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FL Orchid Show 2020

The annual Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show and Sale was held last week at the city's

Convention Center.  Twelve large display exhibits, prepared by orchid vendors,

were in the center of the room and vied for prizes.  All around the outer walls were

vendor booths offering orchids for sale as well as materials for growing orchids.

These are a few photographs I took.

"Jennifer Lee"

There are more varieties of orchids in the world than any other flower.  At the show, there

were more than 2,000 varieties on display and for sale.  You had great choice of size,

shape, color, aroma or not.

Bearded Chartreuse Orchid

"Fiddler's Green"

Names are chosen by those who discover them somewhere in the world or those

who breed them specially.

"Little Stars"

"Bluebell Harmony"

"Cranberry Flare"

The word "cranberry was used by many growers this year for flowers exhibiting

the deep red color someplace, here at the end of the trumpet.

"Regal Monarch"

Several varieties of phalaenopsis.

"Tiger Stripes"

"Orange Fantana"

Two stalks of white orchids.

Many orchids come in very dark purplish hues.

"Madame Defarge"

"Pink Blush"

"Gordon Dallas Blue Vanda Orchids"

They were first prize winners.

"Mamzelle Nitouche"

A vendor booth with hundreds of orchids for sale.  They came in all sizes and prices.

Many people bring special carts to safely bring their treasures home as they buy a couple

new orchids each years.  Vendors came from all over Florida and California, as well as

Hawaii, Taiwan, and  Japan.

One of the display exhibits.  You can see that this display won several blue ribbons.

There were various size of display categories, plus all the individual varieties of orchids.

"Peach Blossom"

"Xul Yellow"

Many varieties had Hawaiian names this year.  Some orchids have an odor, others not.

Some smell like chocolate, others lemon or orange, mint or rose-like.

"Napoleon B"

"White Fangs"

Another prize winning exhibit.

"Ephemeral"

"Sunho Delicacy"

"Pink Froth"

"Sunho Princess"

"Sunho King"

Oncidium Orchids

"Gorman's Jade"

"Fusion"

"Czar Alexander"

"Chian's Rose Phalaenopsis"

"Bursting Stars"

Dendrobium Orchid

"Marie Antoinette"

"Allure"

"Julie"

"Snow White's Bower"

"Joyous Trumpet"

"Margaret Thatcher"

"Pharaoh"s Favorite"



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