Maryland Orchid Society

Annual Spring Show

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Our show is held in the Horticultural Hall at the Timonium Fairgrounds. The show will be open to the public from Friday March 12 to Sunday March 14, 2009.

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday March 9, 2009	9 a.m. (begins)	Staging set up
Wednesday March 10, 2009	10 a.m. - 6 p.m.	Exhibits set-up
Thursday, March 11, 2009	9 a.m. (begins)	Ribbon and AOS Judging
Thursday, March 11, 2009	7:30 p.m.	Preview Party and Sales
Friday, March 12 - Sunday, March 14	10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday	Sales and displays open to the public

The show includes many sizes and types of exhibit, such as individual plants, artistic arrangements of plants, photographs, and other artwork with orchid themes. AOS judging of individual plants will begin at 9AM on Thursday March 11, 2008.

> Click here for a complete exhibitor's packet including entry classes and rules as well as the essential exhibitor entry form. <
EXHIBITOR ENTRY FORM MUST BE RETURNED BY FEBRUARY 24, 2010!

There will be an expanded sales area featuring the finest seedlings and flowering plants from hardy terrestrial orchids, to rare species, to the latest hybrids.

Our current list of vendors includes:

Arbec Orchids
Celebrate Orchids
Fishing Creek Orchids
Little Brook Orchids
The Little Greenhouse
Orchids 4 You
The Orchid Station
Piping Rock Orchids
Quarter Acre Orchids
Seagrove Orchids
Sunisa's Clay Flowers
Waldor Orchids
and Woodstream Orchids.

You will also find an exhibit by Hydrofarm on high intensity lighting.

Our show features a large number of sponsored awards. For a complete list of the MOS 2006 Special Awards in PDF format, please click here.

Talks at the 2010 Maryland Orchid Society Show and Sale

Friday	1:30 p.m.	Repotting/Mounting your orchid, David Smith
Friday	3:30 p.m.	Getting Your Orchids to Bloom Again and Again, Clark Riley
Friday	5 p.m.	Growing Miniature Orchids, David Smith

Saturday	11:30 a.m.	Choosing and blooming your first orchid, Mark Robbins
Saturday	1:30 p.m.	Growing and Blooming Phalaenopsis (Phals), Eric Wiles
Saturday	3:30 p.m.	Culture and Care of Dendrobiums, Bill Ellis
Saturday	5 p.m.	Getting Your Orchids to Bloom Again and Again, Clark Riley

Sunday	11:30 a.m.	Repotting/Mounting Your Orchid, David Smith
Sunday	1:30 p.m.	Photographing Orchids, Paul Biederman
Sunday	3:30 p.m.	Growing and Blooming Phalaenopsis (Phals), Eric Wiles

Directions to the Fairgrounds:

From the Baltimore Beltway (I-695), take I-83 north. Exit at Timonium Road EAST. Turn left on York Road. Turn left into the Fairgrounds at the North entrance. The 4H Building (Horticulture Hall) is the first building on the right.