Flower Festivals Present Warm Edge to Winter’s Wrath

Flower festivals By Susan Mckee

Flower festivals are in bloom again. And if it’s February it must the time for orchid shows. The wild tropical plant that’s become a reliable greenhouse bloomer brightens the days as the countdown to spring continues.

Orchidaceae, the Orchid family, is a diverse group of flowering plants belonging to the Liliopsida class. Similarly Found on every continent except Antarctica, orchids are one of the largest families of flowering plants.

In fact, with more than 28,000 species, there are more orchids on the planet than mammals and birds.

Kick Off in February

The first weekend is pack with orchid shows, from Pennsylvania to Florida.

Likewise The Orchid Show flower festival is underway for the first time in three years at the Emerson Conservatory of the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden. 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri. It continues through February 26.

Fourthly As flower festivals go, orchids are also on display at through February 13 at Filoli, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, California.

Certainly The Susquehanna Orchid Society’s “For the Love of Orchids” will held February 3 through 5 in the Milton and Catherine Hershey Conservatory at Hershey Gardens, 170 Hotel Road, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Furthermore than 1,000 orchids representing dozens of varieties will be on display at this flower festival, including rare species and unique hybrids. Specifically Daily orchid show tours and informational sessions will take place in the exhibition and Garden Cottage. Certainly Don’t miss the orchids on display in the Butterfly Atrium!

Significantly Markedly The second weekend starts on a Wednesday with the Sociedad de Orquidistas de Mayaguez “Festival de Orquideas del Oeste” to be held February 8 through 12 at the Mayaguez Mall, 975 Avenue Eugenio María de Hostos, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

Hampshire

Also he New Hampshire Orchid Society’s “Celebrating Orchids” runs February 10 through 12 in the Event Center at the Courtyard Marriott, 2200 Southwood Drive, Nashua, New Hampshire.

Consequently The Greater Orlando Orchid Society Show and Sale will be taking place February 10 through 12 in the Orlando Garden Club, Loch Haven Park, 710 East Rollins Street, Orlando, Florida.

Moreover The Orchid Show in the ProMedica Museum of Natural History and Aquarium at the Toledo Zoo, 2 Hippo Way, Toledo, OH, is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from February 10 through 26

Occasionally “The Orchid Show: Magnify” runs February 11 through March 26 in the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois.

“In Love With… Orchids” is the Boca Raton Orchid Society Show to held February 11 and 12, 2023 at the Safe Schools Institute, 1790 NW Spanish River Boulevard, Boca Raton, Florida.

Southern Ontario

The Southern Ontario Orchid Society’s 2023 Orchid Show and Sale will February 11 and 12 in the Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Previously The following weekend starts with the “Festival de Orquideas Escazú 2023” of the Asociación Orquideologica de Escazú, set for February 17 through 19 at the Villa Deportiva de Escazú, Escazú, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Nevertheless The National Capital Orchid Society Show and Sale is being held February 17 through 19 in Homestead Gardens, 743 West Central Avenue, Davidsonville, Maryland.

Likewise Central Vancouver Island Orchid Society’s Show and Sale runs February 17 through 19 in the Nanaimo North Town Center, 4750 Rutherford Road, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

San Luis Obispo, CA is running Nature Nights at its botanical gardens with lectures, music, yoga and a jumble of flower festival activities. The eight-acre experience in light and art, runs Friday through Sunday evenings through March 19.

Generally The fourth weekend in February’s highlight is the 70^th annual “Pacific Orchid Exposition” of the San Francisco Orchid Society. It takes place February 24 through 26 in the Hall of Flowers at Golden Gate Park, 1199 9th Avenue, San Francisco, California.

Occasionally Forthwith The Naples Orchid Society’s “Orchid Mardi Gras” is being held February 24 through 26, 2023 in the Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Drive, Naples, Florida.

Moreover The 44^th Show of the Mobile Area Orchid Society takes place February 24 through 26 in the Bellingrath Gardens and Home, 12401 Bellingrath Road, Theodore, Alabama.

Batavia Orchid Society

The Batavia Orchid Society Show is being held February 25 through 26 in Cantigny Park, 1S 151 Winfield Rd. Wheaton, Illinois.

Greater Lansing Orchid Society’s Orchid Show runs February 25 and 26 in the Michigan State University, Plant & Soil Sciences Building, 1066 Bogue Street, East Lansing, Michigan.

In Addition The Amherst Orchid Society Show is February 25 and 26 in the Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, 80 Locust Street (Route 9), Northampton, Massachusetts.

The 40^th Annual Orchid Show of the Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens takes place February 25 and 26 in the Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.