Moving to Winter Garden, FL!
 

I am super excited about this move and was curious If anyone local has orchids or where the best places to purchase orchids would be. Looking for a oncidium and another Cattleya! Thanks. :)

Welcome! I'm 30-40(?) miles from your new home. If you're here already, there's some shows coming up in driving distance- Central Florida O.S. this weekend, Volusia O.S. Mother's Day weekend (okay might be a haul for you), Platinum Coast O.S. early in May (Cocoa)... I haunt various Lowe's, they get both bag babies and bloomers Home Depot does also but not as nice a variety, flea markets (one in Celebration I've heard one of the nurseries sets up at), and keep an eye on Craigslist for plants at garage sales and we have a very nice lady who has 'orchid yard sales' in the Orlando area a couple times a year. EFG is near where the Volusia show will be held, and Krull-Smith is in Apopka. From Winter Garden, the Tampa area isn't too bad a drive so I'd look at their club's show dates also.

Thank you! I am excited about the bag baby orchids. I have always wanted to try them. :)

There is a decent orchid vendor at the Maitland Farmers' Market every Sunday.

Thank you as well :)

When will you be down here? I'm not familiar with most of the central Florida growers but I know Smiley's Orchids in that area. She grows mostly vandas. Krull-Smith isn't too far away and they're top breeders of cattleyas. Frank Smith is one of the owners and he's president of the American Orchid Society. In about 2 1/2 or 3 hours you could drive to Odom's Orchids in Ft. Pierce. John Odom is one of the biggest cattleya growers in the country. If you want to drive for 5 hours, you could visit Homestead where there are about a dozen commercial orchid growers. In May there's the Redlands Orchid Festival in Homestead, which is the biggest international orchid show in the country.

We will officially be moved in Monday but will be in the area on Saturday. Thank you for all the info as well :)

Yeah the CFOS show is tomorrow and Sunday in Maitland. I posted details in the Show Announcements section.