Santa Barbara Orchid Fair 2011

the 31st annual
Santa Barbara Orchid Estate
International
ORCHID
FAIR
July 8th - 10th, 2011
9am to 5pm Friday & Saturday ~ 10 to 4 Sunday
at Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara
Admission is Free ~ Parking $5
map to Earl Warren | map to Orchid Estate

Enjoy the sights, smells, and shopping of 31st annual “Weekend of orchids from around the world”- outdoors under open-air canopies! Thirty orchid vendors and orchid organizations from the US and five other countries offering blooming to bare-root plants for purchase, plus friendly orchid expertise and tall tales for free. Recurring potting and culture demonstrations from simple repotting and dividing to growing glorious specimen plants by SBOE staff and noted orchidist Lance Birk.

DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULE

FRIDAY July 8, 2011
11:30 DIVIDING AND POTTING ORCHIDS HELP REPOT AND TAKE HOME A SEEDLING Lance Birk—Author and orchid hunter

SATURDAY July 9, 2011
11:30 POTTING AND DIVIDING ORCHIDS HELP REPOT AND TAKE HOME A SEEDLING Lance Birk—Author and orchid hunter

SUNDAY July 10, 2011
11:30 DIVIDING AND POTTING ORCHIDS HELP REPOT AND TAKE HOME A SEEDLING Lance Birk--Author and orchid hunter
1:00 GROWING SPECIMEN SIZE PLANTS IN BASKETS AND LARGE CONTAINERS Angela and Phil Watt--SBOE

Meet Guest author, Steve Manning
of England with his new book “Discovering New World Orchids”. Mr. Manning is the holder of the British National Pleurothallidinae Collection and has searched for orchids throughout Central and South America. Steve will be at the Fair Friday and Saturday chatting with visitors and selling his new book. (click here to read more about the book)

Steve Manning will speak on Friday July 8, 2011, 7:30 PM at the Louise Lowry Davis Center, 1232 de la Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Steve's topic is the life and publications of the famous orchidist James Bateman (1811-1897), author of "The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala". The occasion for the talk is a special joint meeting of the Santa Barbara Cymbidium Society and the Orchid Society of Santa Barbara. This free talk is open to the public. Maps will be available at the Fair information booth. Those interested in attending a no-host speaker's dinner prior to the meeting may contact the Fair Manager, Gene Baum, at gborchids@verizon.net for reservations.
July 9, 2011 at noon-- Pleurothallid enthusiasts are invited participate in an informal Pleuro discussion with 2011 Guest Author and Pleurothallid expert Steve Manning. Pleuro devotees may bring plants, images, lunch, or just enthusiasm. Held in the shade on a private outdoor grassy area (no electricity) just off the Central Lawn (ask at Fair info booth for location directions)

PUBLIC AOS JUDGING at the Fair--Friday July 8, 2011 at 1:00 PM. Watch teams of AOS judges screen and evaluate plants for awards (at most orc hid events, judging occurs out of public view). The public may bring superior pest-free blooming orchids to be considered for judging. Just bring the plants in stable containers and register the plants by noon Friday at the AOS booth. Following judging, plants can be left on display but must be picked up by 5 PM Friday. AOS judges and clerks from inside and outside the region are invited to participate. The judging chair is Jim Sloniker ( jimorchid@aol.com ). Judges should check in by noon. Sponsored by the Orchid Society of Santa Barbara.

PUBLIC NEOFINETA FALCATA JUDGING at the Fair-- Saturday July 9, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. Watch members of the All Japan Fukiran (Neofineta) Society evaluate Neofineta falcata plants based on their foliage and decorative pots. Commentary in English and Japanese. The public is welcome to bring Neo's for judging. Plants need not be blooming. The Fair info booth will provide drop-off directions. Judges will include Shigeru Kasahara (vice chairman of the AJFS)

For 30 years, The Orchid Fair has been a leisurely time in summer for growers and collectors to gather and share their passion for orchids. The Fair strives always to provide you, our customers, with an unsurpassed diversity and quality of plants from all parts of the orchid world; from the United States as well as Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Islands between. The Orchid Fair has flourished because, first, our vendors are true lovers of orchids and many have been coming since the beginning of the Fair and have formed good friendships with their customers. Second, everybody likes to come to Santa Barbara; it’s one of those special places. And third, SBOE is an outstanding adventure in itself with its collection, variety, knowledge & history, now of fifty years.

2011 Vendors

ALL JAPAN
FUUKIRAN SOCIETY (JAPAN)
Judging
AMERICAN ORCHID
SOCIETY
(FLORIDA)
Judging
ANDY’S ORCHIDS
All species
LANCE BIRK
Books, mix
BLOSSOM PLANTING
SUPPLIES
Tree-fern products
DON BROWN
Select, awarded, specimens
CAL-ORCHID
Epis, Cyms, Species
CYMBIDIUM SOCIETY
OF AMERICA
Membership
D&D FLOWERS
Cattleyas, Dendrobiums,
Phals, Cymbidiums
ECUAGENERA
(ECUADOR)
Ecuadorian Orchid Species

EVERYTHING ORCHIDS
Orchid arts & crafts
FLORALIA
(BRAZIL)
Brazilian species and
Cattleya Hybrids
GRANITE HILLS ORCHIDS
Australian orchids, pottery
HAIKU MAUI ORCHIDS
(HAWAII)
Pleuro, Catt, Laelia, Vanda, Angcm, Bulbo, Dendrochillum
HENGGUAN MOUNTAINS BIOTEC LTD
(CHINA)
Cym and Paph species, other Chinese orchids
KAWAMOTO
(HAWAII)
Catts, dends, oncidiums, grammatophyllums
LICO ORCHIDS &
FLOWERS
Phalaenopsis, Oncidiums, Bulbophyllums, Dendrobiums

STEVE MANNING
(UNITED KINGDOM)
Books
MARCEL'S
Australian Dendrobiums, species
ORCHID CONSERVATION ALLIANCE
Information, Books, Art
ORCHID DIGEST
Membership, Journals
ORCHID SOCIETY OF
SANTA BARBARA
Judging, Membership
ORCHIDS AND GARDENS
Species
ORCHIDS OF LOS OSOS
Milts, paphs, odonts, species
PAPHANATICS UNLTD.
Paphiopedilums
PLEUROTHALLID ALLIANCE
Membership
RIO MOJAVE ORCHIDS Catts, Onc. intergenerics, Dendrobiums, Supplies

SANTA BARBARA
ORCHID ESTATE
Books, T-shirts, Cork
SEED ENGEI
Neofinitia falcata
SORELLA ORCHIDS
southeast asian species and hybrids
SUNSET VALLEY ORCHIDS
Catt hybrid and species, Catasetum alliance
TEN SHIN GARDENS
(TAIWAN)
Den, Aerang/Ang, Catt,
Bulbo, Epi, Phal,
terrestrial orchids, Onc
Tokyo Orchids
(JAPAN)
Paphiodedilums
TUYET'S ORCHIDS
Catts, Laelias, Onc, Dend
U.S. ORCHID SUPPLIES
Orchid Supplies
VINTAGE ORCHIDS
Paphiopedilums
ZUMA CANYON ORCHIDS Orchid arrangements

For more information e-mail us at sboe@sborchid.com or call 1-800-553-3387
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