Santa Barbara Orchid Estate
International
Orchid Fair
July 8-10,
2005
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Visit the Fair!
Blooming to bare-root
plants for purchase, potting demonstrations & friendly expertise!
Growers bringing plants from around the world!
Visit
the Nursery!
Open year-round, with
specials on Orchid Fair Weekend!
Visit
Santa Barbara!
Maps, travel and lodging.
Three-day
event held on the central lawn under festive tents at Santa Barbaras
Earl Warren Showgrounds.
Fifty orchid growers from the exotic reaches of Australia, Brazil, Costa
Rica, Ecuador, New Zealand, Peru, Taiwan and Venezuela, as well as the
continental U.S. and Hawaii.
Purchase blooming to bare-root orchids, species to intergeneric hybrids
from the whole orchid alphabet: graceful Angraecums, classic Cattleyas,
stately Paphiopedilums to towering Vandas.
Learn about orchid culture from experienced orchid growers and attend
free potting demonstrations.
Find out why people are crazy about orchids! Enjoy the majestic beauty,
fragrance and sometimes strangeness of lesser-known summer-blooming
varieties.
Visit Santa Barbara Orchid Estates Open-house Weekend at the Nursery.