From Verona, Italy to Venice, Florida, orchid shows abound. Two of the biggest yearly shows happen this month. In Tokyo, the Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival is the largest in the world. In San Francisco, the Pacific Orchid & Garden Exposition is the largest in the USA.
February 1 – 27 Exposition du Mille et Une Orchidées, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, France February 2 – 5 Asociación de Orquidistas del Sur Show, Plaza del Caribe, 2050 Ponce Bypass, Ponce, Puerto Rico February 2 – 5 Exposición Nacional de Orquídeas, Cervecería Centro Americana, Salón José Arzú Castillo, 3a. Ave 7-16, Zona 2, Guatemala City, Guatemala February 3 – 5 Susquehanna Orchid Society Show & Sale, Hershey Gardens Conservatory, 170 Hotel Rd., Hershey, Pennsylvania February 3 – 5 Salon Internationale d’Orchidées, Vergèze-Espace, 30310 Vergèze, France February 4 – 5 Madison Orchid Growers Guild Show, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, 3330 Atwood Ave., Madison, Wisconsin February 4 – 5 Venice Area Orchid Society Show & Sale, Venice Community Center, 326 S. Nokomis Ave., Venice, Florida February 4 – 5 Orchid Society of Greater St. Louis Show & Sale, Missouri Botanical Garden, Beaumont Room, 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri February 5 Ocho Rios Orchid Society Show, Couples Sans Souci Hotel, White River, St. Mary, Jamaica February 8 – 11 Orchideenschau, Shopping City Seiersberg 1-9, 8055 Seiersberg, Austria
February 9 – 11 Maui Orchid Society Valentine’s Show, Maui Mall, 70 E. Kaahumanu Ave., Kahului, Maui, Hawaii February 9 – 12 Deep Cut Orchid Society Winter Show, Dearborn Market, 2170 Route 35 South, Holmdel, New Jersey February 10 – 12 Greater Orlando Orchid Society Show & Sale, Orlando Garden Club, 710 E. Rollins St., Orlando, Florida February 10 – 12 Newport Harbor Orchid Expo & Sale, Westminster Mall, 1025 Westminster Mall, Westminster, California February 10 – 12 New Hampshire Orchid Society Show & Sale, Courtyard Marriott, 2200 Southwood Dr., Nashua, New Hampshire February 10 – 12 South Carolina Orchid Society Show, Riverbanks Zoo & Botanical Garden, 1300 Botanical Parkway, West Columbia, South Carolina February 10 – 12 Malihini Orchid Society Show & Sale, Main Street Cupertino Mall, 19369 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, California February 10 – 12 Salon International de l’Orchidée, Salle des Terres Blanches, Bouc Bel Air, France February 11 North of England Orchid Society Monthly Meeting & Show, Community Hall, Manchester Rd., Rixton With Glazebrook, Warrington, Cheshire, UK February 11 – 12 Boca Raton Orchid Society Show & Sale, Safe Schools Institute, 1790 NW Spanish River Blvd., Boca Raton, Florida February 11 – 12 Heart of Texas Orchid Society Show & Sale, Zilker Botanical Garden Center, 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas February 11 – 12 Southern Ontario Orchid Society Valentine’s Show & Sale, Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave. E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada February 11 – 12 Aspley Orchid Society Summer Show, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Auditorium, Mt. Coot-Tha Rd., Toowong, Queensland, Australia February 11 – 12 Exposición de Orquídeas, Pabellón 10 – CIFCO, San Salvador, El Salvador February 11 – 12 Mostra delle Orchidee, Garden di Bussolengo, Via Pastrengo, 16, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy February 11 – 17 Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival, Tokyo Dome 1-3-61, Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan February 17 – 19 Virginia Orchid Society Show, Strange’s Garden Center, 12111 W. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia February 17 – 19 Mobile Area Orchid Society Show & Sale, Bellingrath Gardens __and Home, 12401 Bellingrath Rd., Theodore, Alabama February 17 – 19 Exposición Nacional de Orquídeas, Gimnasio de la Villa Olimpica de Desamparados, San José, Costa Rica February 17 – 19 Exposição da Cattleya Bicolor, Poliesportivo, Itaguara, Minas Gerais, Brazil February 18 Royal Horticultural Society Orchid Committee, Eric Young Orchid Foundation, Victoria Village, Trinity, Jersey, UK February 18 – 19 Chicago Suburban Orchid Show, DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Rd., Wheaton, Illinois February 18 – 19 Miami Valley Orchid Society Spring Show, Cox Arboretum, 6733 Springboro Pike, Dayton, Ohio February 18 — 19 Mt. Baker Orchid Society Show & Sale, Skagit Valley Gardens Nursery, 18923 Peter Johnson Rd., Mt. Vernon, Washington February 18 – 19 Greater Cleveland Orchid Society Spring Show & Sale, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio February 24 Orchid Conservation Alliance Benefit Dinner, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, 100 John F. Kennedy Dr., San Francisco, California February 24 – 26 Pacific Orchid & Garden Exposition, SF Hall of Flowers, 1199 9th Ave., San Francisco, California February 24 – 26 St. Croix Orchid Society Show & Sale, Great Hall, Albert A. Sheen Campus, Univ. of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, Virgin Islands February 24 – 26 Expo Internationale d‘Orchidées, Mairie d’Annequin, La Salle Des Sports, Place de la Republique, F-62149 Annequin, France February 25 Bournemouth Orchid Society Spring Show, Allendale Centre, Hanham Rd., Wimborne, Dorset, UK February 25 South West Orchid Society Show, West Monkton Village Hall, Monkton, Taunton, UK February 25 – 26 Naples Orchid Society Show & Sale, Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Dr., Naples, Florida February 25 – 26 Greater Lansing Orchid Society Show & Sale, Michigan State Univ., Plant & Soil Sciences Bldg., 1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, Michigan February 25 – 26 Amherst Orchid Society Show, Smith Vocational __and Agricultural High School, 80 Locust St., Northampton, Massachusetts February 25 – 26 Wisconsin Orchid Society Spring Festival, Milaeger’s, 4838 Douglas Ave., Racine, Wisconsin February 25 – 26 Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens Spring Show & Sale, Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Rd. W., Burlington, Ontario, Canada February 26 Harrogate Orchid Society Show, Britannia Hotel, Bramhope, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK ,
