Last Day of COOS Orchid Show - Take It In

Happy Sunday, September 25th to all of you. I told you last week about the 2011 Central Ontario Orchid Society Annual Orchid Show taking place the 24th & 25th of September. (Check back to the last post for location details.)  Linda & I went to the show on Saturday, the 24th, which would have been my mother's birthday. We spent several hours at the show and I suggest that all of you try to take in the last day of the show today, Sunday 25th.

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A new feature this year is the hourly raffle draws to win an orchid.  One orchid to be given away on each hour of the show. I'll have to say that I like this feature, particularly since I won one of the draws.  Shown here is the beautiful Cattleya cross orchid that I won.

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The show itself was very well represented with several area Orchid Societies displaying beautiful and exotic orchids of varying sizes, varieties, colours and shapes. I took well over 100 pictures and will share many of them on this blog in due time. The displays and individual plants were judged in 18 different categories. This is a great chance to see the best of the best. This picture shows some of the displays in the Show Room.

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The room adjoining the main Show Room was filled with orchid vendors and their  orchids, accessories and advice. This is a fabulous place to get your orchids whether you are just starting or a seaoned pro looking to add that one special plant. This picture shows the vendor's area.

Linda and I were very fortunate to have an exclusive seminar session with Jim Kendall of the COOS. Jim spoke of his passion for Phragmipedium orchids from South America.  As well, he was very gracious in answering all of our questions and giving us lots of orchid growing tips.

Well that's it for now. I just wanted to bring you this report while you may still have time to get to the last day of the show.

One last thing - Linda has brought into our shop a new line of floor planters called Harmony. I'll get you lots more information on these new and modern planters; but if you can't wait, give Linda a call at 519-767-2161 or stop by our shop, Plants For All at 66 Dawson Road in Guelph.


Talk to you soon!


Brian Osmond
Plants For All