Pacific Orchid Exposition San Francisco 2009
One of my favorite Orchid shows is coming up not too long from now. Pacific Orchid Exposition brings growers, hybridizers and Orchid hobbyists from around the world to San Francisco again this year. The theme this year will be “Green with Envy” and the show is March 6-8, 2009. The show takes up this whole building in this Google satellite image. Of the three buildings filling this screen, the show is in the one on the right: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=fort+mason+center+san+francisco&fb=1&cid=0,0,15252151596118203374&ll=37.808313,-122.429945&spn=0.003043,0.004828&t=h&z=18
The show is always a lot of fun to look through displays for a couple of hours and then go to the selling tables. The displays from top growers feature Orchids you would want to find and grow for your home and those plants you probably will never find to buy as well. The selling area has terrific deals.
I personally got involved in Pacific Orchid Exposition about ten years ago when I worked for Rod McLellan Company, “Acres of Orchids”. As their Orchid Expert, I got to design the company exhibit for a number of years. I would also choose plants to show in the exhibit. One year, because one of my passions is ballroom dancing, the theme I created was a 1920’s ballroom. We had dancers projected on a stage as if performing. Orchids surrounded the ballroom. Another year, the theme was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Bloom! We had a Mayan style pyramid with fog rolling down from the top. Out of cracks in the pyramid were Orchids. At the top of the pyramid was a gold Orchid, the final goal for the ultimate explorer to reach!
You can learn more here about the pacific Orchid Exposition 2009. Enjoy!