Like a child trying to sleep on Christmas Eve...
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I am anxiously awaiting my annual two hooky days from work to go to the Philadelphia Flower Show tomorrow
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Big o'l SLR camera in hand I plow my way though swarms of people to get my shot and endure many glares in the process
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I usually buy some phals and limit my numbers by what I have killed off from the previous year
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Fortunately, (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it
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) I can't buy too many this year.
Not a great place to find "uncommon" orchids or divisions though....
The other stuff I love is the garden supplies which you can look through and pick up relatively "cheap".
Lastly, the awarded plant area is where I lurk most of the afternoon continuing to snap picks especially of cattleyas
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; being careful to collect the names so I can pursue one or two (at least) through other means over the next year
Then I have few weeks to recover before going to the Longwood Orchid Show and Sale the end of March
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Unlike the Philadelphia Show there are tons of unique orchids for sale there and that's the one I really bust my wallet out for
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Thus I can only afford ONE hooky day for that show!
Christmas comes twice this month I guess
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