This
year Pop came with me to the Orchid show.
It is held in the Hobart Town Hall and opens Thursday at 1pm and closes
the following Sunday. As I have done the
past few years I headed straight for the sales area.
It
is like a smorgasbord – a quick swoop around to see what is available and then
trying to narrow down the selection. The
members of the Orchid Society are always very helpful and friendly. While I was choosing my plants Pop went for a
wander to look at the display and he took some lovely photos. We then swapped over and he sat and looked
after my purchases while I had a look around.
I
bought a large plant of dendrobium ‘Wonga, a small unnamed dendrobium, a
maxillaria ‘cucculada’ and also a coelogyne ‘cristata. They were also selling bags of their own
special orchid mix so Pop offered to carry one of those as well.
It
really was a most incredible display.
The sweet fragrance of the orchids filled the room. I left a very happy girl.
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| the following are some of Pop's photos |
These are the plants I purchased.........
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| Dendrobium - 'Wonga' |
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| 'Wonga' -close-up |
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| Maxillaria -'cucculada' |
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| Coeloogyne - 'cristata' a white flower with a yellow lip |
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| un-named but very pretty dendrobium |
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