The Apopka International Fall Orchid Festival brings in a wonderful array of orchid growers coming from around the world and around the country to bring in the newest hybrids and rarest species! Allied vendors will also bring supplies, Anthurium, Philodendron, Hoyas, and more. Come enjoy the vendors and walk through the greenhouses loaded with beautiful specimen plants! Come see us from 9-5 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2800 W. Ponkan Rd. in Apopka, Florida. For more information, click here. AOS judging is open to the public at the NOCIA building two minutes from the festival. Plants must arrive by noon on Saturday, November 5th for registration and judging starts at 1:00pm the same day. Judges attending should RSVP with the judging chair Joe Bryson at jbryson@cfl.rr.com.

In addition to The Apopka International Fall Orchid Festival, we will be hosting the International Vanda & Slipper Orchid Symposium near the festival with world renowned speakers traveling from all over the world to talk about these two groups of orchids. These seminars will include talks on the newest breeding lines, picture journals of where and how different species grow in the wild, and much more! To register, go to www.slippersymposium.com - more information about the speakers can be found here.