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 13 to Sunday March 15, 2009.

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday March 10, 2009	9 a.m. (begins)	Staging set up
Wednesday March 11, 2009	10 a.m. - 6 p.m.	Exhibits set-up
Thursday, March 12, 2009	9 a.m. (begins)	Ribbon and AOS Judging
Thursday, March 12, 2009	7:30 p.m.	Preview Party and Sales
Friday, March 13 - Sunday, March 15	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 6, 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 23, 2009!

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 2008 Maryland Orchid Society Show and Sale

Friday	1:30 p.m.	Repotting/Mounting your orchid, David Smith
Friday	3:30 p.m.	Culture and care of Dendrobiums, Bill Ellis
Friday	5 p.m.	Photographing your orchid, Paul Beiderman

Saturday	11:30 a.m.	Choosing and blooming your first orchid, Mark Robbins
Saturday	1:30 p.m.	Repot/Mounting your orchid, David Smith
Saturday	3:30 p.m.	Growing and blooming Phals, Eric Wiles
Saturday	5 p.m.	Growing the orchid you just bought, Clark Riley

Sunday	11:30 a.m.	Growing and blooming Phals, Eric Wiles
Sunday	1:30 p.m.	Culture and care of Dendrobiums, Bill Ellis
Sunday	3:30 p.m.	Giving your orchid what it needs, Mark Robbins

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.