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POS 63rd Mid-year Orchid and Garden Show Celebrates Waling-waling Season
25 August 2009
The Philippine Orchid Society
(POS) in cooperation with the Quezon City Government will
hold its 63rd Mid-year Orchid and Garden Show from August
27 to September 7, 2009 at the Orchidarium Park of Quezon
City Hall.
Carrying the theme, “Growing
Orchids for Health and Wellness”, this year's show will
also feature traditional landscape exhibits, trade fair, plant
competition, as well as health, wellness, and cultural activities.
The event is highlighted
by the flowering season of various local and imported orchid
species and hybrids, which include the Vanda sanderiana, popularly
known as Waling-waling.
A landscape booth will feature
rare orchids and ornamental plants while the commercial section
boast some 70 suppliers carrying the widest assortment of
plants and garden supplies. POS members and officers will
also conduct a lecture-demonstration on the various arts and
techniques of orchid growing, indoor gardening, and flower
arrangement, among others.
Entrance fee is P30 for
adults and P20 for students and senior citizens with valid
ID. Group discounts are also available. For inquiries, call
(632) 929-4425, 906-5036, (63917) 848-5468 or (63922) 895-9544;
e-mail philorchidsociety@yahoo.com, philorchidsociety@gmail.com
or visit www.philippineorchidsocietyph.org.
The POS 63rd Mid-year Orchid
and Garden Show is sponsored by Department of Tourism, Department
of Education, National Commission for Culture and Arts, Dai-Ichi
Electronics, and the following media partners: UNTv 37, C/S
9, NBN 4 (Mag-Agri Tayo), Manila Bulletin (Agriculture Magazine),
The Philippine Star, Philstar.com, Philippine Daily Inquirer,
The Manila Times, Abante Tonite, Buy and Sell, and DZRH. |
