The Apopka International Fall Orchid Festival

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, Ferns, Bromeliads, 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 1st for registration and judging starts at 1:00pm the same day. Judges attending should RSVP with the judging chair Julio Hector at j.hector@verizon.net.

On top of all the wonderful vendors, Frank and the International Phalaenopsis Alliance (IPA) are sponsoring two days of speakers on Friday, October 31st and Saturday, November 1st at the Apopka NOCIA Building less than five minutes from the nursery. The speakers and their talks are listed below:

Friday

9:00 - 9:45 Fred Clarke: How to Grow Catasetum, Cycnoches, and Mormodes

15 min break

10:00 - 10:45 Olaf Gruss: Phalaenopsis Breeding of Marcel LeCoufle: The Grandfather of Spotted Phalaenopsis

15 min break

11:00 - 11:45 Mike Mims: Current Novelty Phalaenopsis Breeding Trends 

Lunch 11:45- 1:15

1:15 - 2:00 Dave Sorokowsky: Breakthroughs in Modern Maudiae Paphiopedilum Breeding at Paph Paradise

15 min break

2:15 - 3:00 Theresa Hill: Hybridizing Complex Paphiopedilum

3:00 Board Meeting

Saturday

9:00 - 10:00 Olaf Gruss: New Phalaenopsis Species

15 min break

10:15-11:15 Harold Koopowitz: How Slipper Orchids Have Sex

15 min break

Lunch 1.5 hours

American Orchid Society Judging 1:00 pm

Fall Festival Auction & Dinner 6:00 pm