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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