Garden enthusiasts and aficionados again gather at Quezon City attend this year’s Orchid Show. The Philippine Orchid Society, in partnership with the Quezon City government, is now staging this year’s 68th ANNUAL ORCHID SHOW, which started last February 28 and will be upen up till March 10, 2014 at the Flower Garden, Quezon Memorial Circle, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City. Together with the event is the participation of the some of country’s garden clubs and the major key players in the ornamental horticulture industry. The society reiterates the ecological value of our Philippine orchid species and its importance in modern orchid hybridizing works and the environmental importance of gardening in general.
The event is highlighted with landscaped garden exhibits, both orchid and non-orchid. This season’s orchid show coincides with the seasonal flowering of the Dendrobium anosmum or Sanggumay, Phalaenopsis species and hybrids, and the Cattleya orchid alliance. Along with the exhibits are other in-season orchid species, bromeliads, tillandsias, fruit tree seedlings, Philippine tree species saplings, ferns, annual flowering plants, bonsai, aroids, cacti, and succulents. Aside from exhibits, there is still a commercial section which sells an assortments of plants, garden tools, accessories, pots, potting mix, fertilizers, pesticides, and a lot more. The show will not be complete with the inclusion of free lectures and demonstrations on various gardening topics every 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
As originally intended, the show aims to boost the morale of the country’s horticultural industry, as we try to make it sustainable and progressive. The POS is continuing its mandate of promoting not just orchids, but also gardening as a whole, as the ornamental plant industry is one of the Philippines’ promising sector. Year after year, the POS has facilitated the promotion and dissemination of technical information for both orchids and other ornamental plants through these events. This is due to the fact that aside from providing aesthetic beauty, orchids are also efficient carbon dioxide absorbers and is regarded as one of the gratifying and socially-fulfilling hobbies of most housewives and plant enthusiasts due to the plant’s exotic and diversified flower types.
Orchids usually serve as accents and provides prominent colors in gardens and landscaped exhibits. Most of the modern orchid hybrids have large flowers, some even have scents, and are often have long lasting blooms. Large flowered orchids like Cattleyas and Vandas, are ideal for wedding corsage or as graduation lace. The colorful Dendrobium hybrids are valued for flower arrangements. The graceful Phalaenopsis or Butterfly orchids and the elegant Chinese Cymbidiums are formal office or home live floral decorations. We also have the uniquely shaped Paphiopedilums or Slipper Orchids, with its lady’s shoe-shaped flowers. There are also the floriferous bright yellow Oncidiums or Dancing Ladies, and the now multi-colored Spathoglottis or ground orchids which can highlight your pocket gardens. Orchids are certainly diverse, colorful and interesting. So, why not come and visit and see for yourself? In addition to this, the Philippine Orchid Society is already preparing for the staging of the 4th Flora Filipin
a International Expo which will be held next year.
In behalf of the Philippine Orchid Society, we are inviting everyone to visit the this year’s Annual Orchid Show. Bring your family and friends. Don’t forget to bring your cameras with you and let’s share the beauty of orchids and flowering plants.
For more information, kindly contact Ms. Jenny Rivera at 929-4425 or 0917-8485468.
