ORCHID FESTIVALS IN NORTH AMERICA
- Santa Barbara, CA
http://sborchidshow.com/
- San Fransisco, CA
http://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/poe.html - Fairchild's International Orchid Festival Coral Gables, FL
http://www.fairchildgarden.org - Miami Orchid Festival Miami, FL
http://www.miamiorchidfestival.com/ - Redland Orchid Festival Homestead, FL
http://www.redlandorchidfestival.org/
- World Orchid Conference Miami, FL
http://19woc.com/
- Chicago, IL
http://www.chicagolandorchidfestival.com/ - Southeastern Pennsylvania Orchid Society
http://longwoodgardens.org
http://www.sepos.org/events.htm
March 27-29, 2009
SEPOS International Orchid Show at Longwood Gardens - Our annual extravaganza! You'll be in awe of the thousands of beautiful orchids displayed by individuals, societies and growers from several countries. Many of these plants will win awards during AOS judging. You can also buy orchids of your own from over a dozen growers based on two continents
- Bruce Peninsula Tobemory, Canada
http://www.orchidfest.ca/presenters.html
PLANT IMPORTING INFORMATION
- http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/permits/index.shtml
Permits to import plants. If you plan to bring back plants from your travels be sure to read up on the laws.
TOURS WORLDWIDE
- http://www.orchidenterprise.com/Orchid_Expeditions/Explorers-2009.html
HHOS member Ken Meir's site. Ken has organized many trips over the last 8 years to destinations in Ecuador, Peru and Thailand. Be sure to visit his site for great information including photos from past expeditions.
- http://www.transcord.com/html/moretours_nature.html
Orchid tours in Ecuador. From the website: TRANSCORD can arrange tours to some of the best places in the Ecuadorian Amazon with comfortable accommodation on nature reserves with indigenous and naturalist guides. - http://www.ecuadorboutiquetravel.com/orchidstours
Orchid tours in Ecuador. From the website: We offer a rich suite of orchid tours nationwide with specialized guides. Our orchid tours are oriented toward both research and recreation throughout the country. Our carefully trained guides offer top quality orchid tours in one of the most beautiful natural environments in the world: Ecuador.
- http://www.baliorchidgardens.com/toursindex.html
Tours in Bali, gardens and tours through the local area. - http://www.ornitravel.com/botanical-tours.aspx
Orchid tours in Brazil. - http://www.theorchidman.com/orchid_tours.htm
Orchid tours in Thailand. From the website: To enable the average orchid enthusiast to visit a range of different orchid habitats where they can compare the climatic conditions, and observe the orchids growing in their natural wild state, at a time when a good number of them should be in flower. - http://www.rforchids.com/
From the website: Each year R.F. Orchids offers fabulous and exciting tours to destinations around the globe, frequently in conjunction with orchid shows or visits to orchid nurseries. - http://www.plantadventures.com/
From the website: Travel with people that know the plants and where to find them. We specialize in organized trips to exotic destinations to explore and photo different kinds of flora including Orchids, Bromiliads, Heliconias, Aroids, Ferns, Cycads, Cacti and many other exotic tropical plants. We have several exciting trips for 2008 and 2009. Exciting destinations include Peru, Costa Rica, and Guatemala!
- http://www.cerrocoyote.com/id23.html
From the website: Combining both orchid safaris around central Costa Rica and the Cerro Coyote preserve with time spent learning about orchid cultivation techniques, this tour will be of intrerest to any orchid enthusiast or naturalist. Orchids are the largest family of plants on earth, and represent the most reprodutively advanced and specialized plant group.
Participants will be exposed to lowland hot dry climate orchids, intermediate dry climate orchids, elfin forest orchids, cloud forest orchids, atlantic slope tropical rainforest, as well as hot moist lowland orchids.
- http://www.americangrouptravels.net/
Orchid Tours originating in Florida to Costa Rica - http://www.india-vacation-package.com/orchid-tours.html
Orchids tours in India - http://www.neiuk.co.uk/Orchids.html
Orchid tours in India and Asia. From the website: "NEI “ stands for Nature Expeditions India which is where our first holidays were based. We maintain our association with NEI in Delhi, still offering holidays to India and now also to exciting destinations including Nepal, Tibet, Malaysian Borneo and Singapore, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia - and our very special orchid related and ‘tailor made’ tours - http://www.a-different-view.com/orchidtours.html
Orchid tours in Switzerland at Lake Geneva. From the website: Most people are familiar with the magnificent tropical orchids seen in florist shops and botanical garden glasshouses. Few people know that some of the most beautiful wild orchids are to be found in local fields and pastures this time of the year.
- http://www.birdwatchingbulgaria.com/?page=photo_tours
Orchid tours in Bulgaria. From the website: With its rich biodiversity Bulgaria provides unique possibilities for wildlife photo tours and photo hunting safaris for any kind of preferences - birds, dragonflies, butterflies, orchids and other plants, reptiles, insects, mammals and not the least for the landscape lovers. - http://www.hiddentreasuresbotanicaltours.com/index.html
Botanical tours. From the website: Hidden Treasures Botanical Tours was created to offer specialty tours throughout the world, highlighting unique public and private sites not often discovered on the average trip abroad. Our tours specialize in revealing the natural beauty, history and culture of the locations we visit. - http://www.africanbulbs.com/page37.html
Botanical tours in Africa. From the website: Most tourists to South African visit us in spring (August/September) for the Cape and Namaqualand flowers, and so miss the wonderful offerings of the summer rainfall regions in the East of the country. With this in mind we have arranged a number of Wild Flower tours in the Eastern Cape over the past few years. The months of November to February are the best time for summer rainfall flora in South Africa. - http://www.pacificpathways.com/garden.htm
Botanical tours in New Zealand & Australia. From the website: Our Garden Tours feature visits to a variety of outstanding private gardens throughout New Zealand and Australia and include cultural and scenic highlights.
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