This is cut-and-paste from our club newsletter. Yes, it is publicizing a private business, but the potential information transfer makes it acceptable in my opinion.
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Dear Orchid Friends,
Here are some upcoming orchid events in Santa Barbara and environs:
37th Annual Santa Barbara Orchid Estate Summer Open House
Friday - Sunday, July 14-16, 2017
Friday & Saturday 8 AM to 5 PM; Sunday 9 AM to 4 PM
Guest Author: Thomas Mirenda - FRIDAY & SATURDAY ONLY
Held at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, 1250 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Celebrating the Exotic and Fragrant Beauties of Summer: The large flowered Cattleyas (Laelias) of Brazil, the Stanhopeas and Encyclias of Central and South America, and many other genera.
Thomas Mirenda is well known to American Orchid Society members for his "Tom's Monthly Checklist" column at the beginning of every issue of "Orchids: Bulletin of the American Orchid Society". Formerly, he was the Orchid Collection Specialist at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC and will soon become the Director of Horticulture, Education, and Community outreach at the Hawaii Tropical Botanic Garden just north of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii. With Mark Chase and Maarten Christenhusz, Tom has written the new 656-page book "The Book of Orchids: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World". On FRIDAY & SATURDAY ONLY, Tom will be chatting with visitors and signing copies of his book, which will be available for purchase for $55.
New for 2017: Learn the secrets of orchid judging!
George Hatfield, president of the American Orchid Society, has asked us to hold public AOS judging at 10:00 AM on Saturday July 15. Society members are welcome to bring pest free plants in non-tippy containers or boxes for judging. Plant registration begins at 9:30 AM. Earlier than that it should be cool enough to leave plants for judging in your car. An AOS representative will provide commentary as visitors observe the judges login, screen, judge, award, and photograph plants.
In honor of the topic of Tom's Friday evening talk, there will be a special emphasis on orchids from Costa Rica: Barkerias, Brassias, Cattleyas, and Oerstedellas. From further south, Laelia purpurata, Laelia tenebrosa, and their hybrids should be at their peak of blooming. As usual, there will be many blooming and in-spike genera from around the world out for sale, many from "behind the ropes". Of course, we will have the $7.50 specials of seedlings, bare-roots, and Wayne's special annual pick of sprouted cymbidium backbulbs: select and awarded, species and hybrids, standard and miniatures. Questions? Call us at (800) 553-3387, e-mail us at
sboe@sborchid.com , or visit
Santa Barbara Orchid Estate Home Page .
Please note: in 2017 there will again be no Santa Barbara Orchid Fair at Earl Warren Showgrounds.
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59th Annual Santa Barbara Orchid Estate Fall Open House
November 4 & 5, 2017: Saturday 8 AM to 5 PM; Sunday 9 AM to 4 PM
Held at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, 1250 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Mexican Laelias and Cymbidiums in bloom and bud.
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Orchid Society of Santa Barbara Fall Show and Sale
November 18 & 19, 2017: Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM; Sunday (Free Admission) 10 AM to 3:00 PM
Fleischman Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (just north of the Old Mission)
Laelia anceps displayed at their peak diversity of color. Fall-blooming cymbidium and cattleya species. AOS and CSA judging. Select vendors.
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73rd Annual Santa Barbara International Orchid Show
Friday March 9 through Sunday March 11, 2018, 9 AM to 5 PM
Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
There is always something new and unusual at this longest-running show in the U.S.
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