In 2005 the National China Flower Expo was held
in Chengdu, Sichuan in the last week of September. In addition
to the general flower expositions a special exhibition for orchids,
named 'Excellent Orchid' was set up in a separated show hall.
Usually orchid exhibitions in China are nearly exclusively devoted
to Oriental cymbidiums, but on the National China Flower Expo
the traditional cymbidiums played only a minor role while the
so-called western orchids, i.e. phalaenopsis, cattleyas, big-flowered
cymbidiums, oncidiums, etc. provided the main body of the show,
with paphiopedilums being present in small numbers too. With
the increasing wealth of the
country the interest in these types of orchids is constantly
growing and slowly an orchid scene outside of the traditional
cymbidium circles is developing. The orchid exhibition was mainly
focused on a professional audience from the horticultural industry
to introduce national and international producers. |