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Spring Show and Meeting 2005
Minneapolis/St.Paul
The Orchid Society of Minnesota
presents
Minnesota Orchid Fever
American Orchid Society (AOS) Members Meeting
and
Mid-America Orchid Congress Show
April 20-24, 2005
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at the beautiful Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, Bloomington,
Minnesota
10 minutes to MSP Int'l Airport
Free shuttle to the Mall of America plus many other attractions
Show Overview
On April 20-24, 2005, the Orchid Society of Minnesota
will host the American Orchid Society (AOS) Members Meeting and
Show at the Bloomington Sheraton Hotel in Minneapolis South.
The show theme will be Minnesota Orchid Fever. The meeting and
show will be held in conjunction with meetings of Mid America
Orchid Congress, Orchid Digest, the International Phalaenopsis
Alliance, the Slipper Orchid Alliance and the Pleurothallid Alliance.
The AOS members meeting, show and sales will be an excellent
opportunity for the general public to see beautiful orchids in
the show, to purchase orchid plants in the sale, and to learn
about care and cultivation from speakers. The public is encouraged
to participate in meeting, show and sale and to learn about care
of orchid plants.
Meeting and Show Registration
Full registration is $75 per person before March 23,
2005 and is $95 per person for registration postmarked after
March 23. Full registration includes all days, unlimited access
to the Show and Sales area, all speakers and meetings, the Preview
Party, Program Booklet and an outstanding Welcome Bag.
One-day registration is $30 per person and includes unlimited
access to the Show and Sales area for that day, speakers for
the day and the Program Booklet.
Show Entrance Fees
Cost for the show and sales area is $5 per person
payable at the door. Children 12 years and under are admitted
to the show for free. If you are interested in attending lectures
on Friday or Saturday, there is one-day registration at $30 per
person. If you have a group of 20 or more person, contact the
event chair to ask about advance group entrance fees and group
one-day registration.
Contact Information
Kent Peterson, Event Chair
(651)483-3935
Email: peterson75@comcast.net
Jason Fisher
Email:"Orchids Limited" <orchids@orchidweb.com>
Peninsula Orchid Society
Show 041106
Peninsula Orchid Society Show and Sale
"Orchid Luau" Theme
Date: 8 - 9, Jan in 2005 :10 am -5 pm
Place: 2600 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA
Admission $5 (US) Regular; $3 seniors, disabled and children
12-16
more information: http://penorchidsoc.org
Miami International Orchid
Show 2005041014
Date: 4 - 6, March in 2005
Place: Coconut Grove Convention Center, 2700 S.
Bayshore Dr., Miami, FL.
If they buy orchids, they will get the CITES and phyto-sanitary
certificates
as they leave. Cost is about USD$25.
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Come to Miami for one of the
grandest of orchid shows.
March 03-09, 2005, you will also have the opportunity to visit
fabulous
Fairchild Tropical Garden, the Headquarters of the American Orchid
Society, exotic Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, RF Orchids,
and much more( in detail ).
This 6-night tour is $499.00 per person based on double occupancy,
land only. Single supplement is $175.00 additional. Included
are airport transfers, 6 night’s hotel accommodation, taxes,
entrance fees, meals and transportation as noted.
Contact Whale Travel, (305) 668-4803 for further details.
Yvette
Whale Travel Tel: (305) 668-4803
9719 S. Dixie Hwy, Suite 20, Miami, FL 33156 |
The 23rd New York Interantional
Orchid Show
Date: April 10-13, 2003
Place: Rockefeller Plaza, between 49th and 50th near Fifthe Ave.
Host: The Greater New York Orchid Society
Time: April 10(Thurs.)~ April 12(St. ) from 10 am to 8 pm
April 13 (Sun.) from 10 am to 5 pm
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| Canada |
The 22nd Annual Spring Orchid Show
Each time the number of plants entered
for Paphiopedilums is so large that we have to separate the species
into different sections in order to judge them!
The theme:The Mystery of Orchids�
Date : 29, March in 2003 (12:00 to 17:00)
30,March in 2003 (9:00 to 17:00)
(Photographers Only : Sunday 8:00 to 9:00)
Place : Burlington, Ontario in Canada
680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Host : The Royal Botanical Gardens Orchid Society
Contact : Ben Boers:Telephone: 905-643-8170, e-mail:bmboers@hotmail.com
If I can be helpful with any information
please do not hesitate to ask.We would be very pleased if you
could some day also come to Canada to visit our show.
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| Costa Rica |
1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NEOTROPICAL
ORCHIDOLOGY ( In detail )
The aim of the Conference is to cover different topics,
including orchid phylogeny, taxonomy, genetics, ecology, information
management, horticultural techniques, trade legislation, in situ
and ex situ conservation activities, among others.
Date : 21~25. May, 2003
Place : Ciudad Cientificaﾓ of the University of Costa Rica, San
Jose, Costa Rica
Contact
General Coordinator : Jorge Warner
P.O. BOX 1031-7050, Cartago, Costa Rica
e mail to jwarner@cariari.urc.ac.cr Fax (506) 552-3151
Executive Coordinator : Carlos Ossenbach
P.O. BOX 136-1150, Cartago, Costa Rica
e mail to caossenb@racsa.co.cr Fax (506) 253 49 09
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