From Honolulu to Montreal, San Diego to Sao Paulo, and Barcelona to Cape Town, orchid shows span every corner of the globe. They all offer great chances to enjoy incredible flowers, take photos, talk to local growers, and find new orchids for your own collection.
October 1 – 14
Central California Orchid Society Show, Central California Fair, Fresno Fairgrounds, 1121 Chance Ave., Fresno, California
October 5 – 7
Miami International Orchid Show, BankUnited Center, Univ. of Miami, 1245 Dauer Dr., Coral Gables, Florida
October 5 – 7
Honolulu Orchid Society Show, Washington Middle School Cafeteria, 1633 S. King St., Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
October 5 – 7
Southern Orchid Spectacular, Caringbah High School, Willarong Rd. & Taren Point Rd., Caringbah, NSW, Australia
October 5 – 7
Gippsland Orchid Club Show, Mid Valley Shopping Centre, Princess Dr., Morwell, Victoria, Australia
October 5 – 7
Orchids at Fontfroide, Abbaye de Fontfroide, RD 613, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
October 5 – 7
Exposicao de Orquideas na Primavera, Esporte Clube Banespa, Av. Santo Amaro 5355, Sao Paulo, Brazil
October 6
Deep Cut Orchid Society Annual Orchid Auction, Colts Neck Firehouse Company #1, 86 Rte. 537, Colts Neck, New Jersey
October 6
Howick Orchid Society Spring Show, Fencible Lounge, Uxbridge Rd., Howick, New Zealand
October 6
Redlands Orchid Society Show, Donald Simpson Centre, 172 Bloomfield St., Cleveland, Queensland, Australia
October 6 – 7
Central New York Orchid Society Fall Show & Sale, Beaver Lake Nature Center, 8477 Mud Lake Rd., Baldwinsville, New York
October 6 – 7
Denver Orchid Society Fall Show & Sale, Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver, Colorado
October 6 – 7
Eastern Iowa Orchid Society Show & Sale, Kirkwood Community College, Floral Careers Bldg., Cedar Rapids, Iowa
October 6 – 7
Florida West Coast Orchid Society Show & Sale, Minnreg Hall, 6340 126th Ave. N., Largo, Florida
October 6 – 7
San Diego International Orchid Fair, San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Dr., Encinitas, California
October 6 – 7
Sunset Empire Orchid Show, Bob Chisholm Community & Senior Center, 1225 Ave. A, Seaside, Oregon
October 6 – 7
Hervey Bay Orchid Society Show, Hervey Bay High School, Beach Rd., Pialba, Queensland, Australia
October 6 – 7
Melbourne Eastern Orchid Society Spring Show, Uniting Church Hall, Burwood Hwy. & Blackburn Rd., East Burwood, Victoria, Australia
October 6 – 7
Warrnambool District Orchid Society Show, Warrnambool College Hall, Grafton Rd., Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
October 6 – 7
Ringwood Orchid Society Show, Maroondah Sec. College Hall, Brentnall Rd., Croydon, South Australia, Australia
October 6 – 7
Bendigo Orchid Club Show, YMCA Leisure Centre, Browning St., Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia
October 6 – 8
National Capital Orchid Society Fall Show & Sale, US National Arboretum, 24th & R Sts. NE, Washington, DC
October 7 – 13
Mornington Peninsula Orchid Society Spring Show, Centro Karingal Shopping Centre, Frankston-Cranbourne Rd., Frankston, Victoria, Australia
October 10 – 13
Boolaroo Orchid Society Show, Wallsend Centre, Wallsend, NSW, Australia
October 11 – 13
Mackay & District Orchid Society Show, Mt. Pleasant Shopping Centre, Mackay, Queensland, Australia
October 11 – 13
Tweed District Orchid Society Show, Tweed City Shopping Center, Tweed Heads South, NSW, Australia
October 12 – 14
Triad Orchid Society Show, Greensboro Council of Gardens, 4301 Lawndale Dr., Greensboro, North Carolina
October 12 – 14
Cape Orchid Society Spring Show, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
October 12 – 14
Exposicao de Orquideas, Ginasio Hermann Roelke, Santa Maria de Jetiba, Espirito Santo, Brazil
October 12 – 14
Exposicao Nacional e Exposicao Estadual de Hibridos de Orquideas, Parque de Exposicao Wanderley Agostinho Burmann, Ijui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
October 12 – 14
Macleay Valley Orchid Society Show, Macleay RSL Club, York Ln., Kempsey, NSW, Australia
October 12 – 14
St. Arnaud Orchid Society Show, RSL Hall, Raglan St., St. Arnaud, Victoria, Australia
October 12 – 15
Barcelona Orchid Show, Palau Robert, Passeig de Gracia 107, Barcelona, Spain
October 13
Mid-Hudson Orchid Society Show & Sale, Union Presbyterian Church, 44 Balmville Rd., Newburgh, New York
October 13
Wessex Orchid Society Autumn Show, Portchester Community School, White Hart Ln., Fareham, Hampshire, UK
October 13
Exposicao de Orquideas de Irati, Rua Coronel Pires 994, Pavilhao da Igreja Nossa Senhora da Luz, Irati, Parana, Brazil
October 13 – 14
Illinois Orchid Society Fall Show & Sale, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, Illinois
October 13 – 14
Niagara Frontier Orchid Society Fall Show, Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo, New York
October 13 – 14
Ft. Pierce Orchid Society Show, St. Lucie County Fairgrounds, 15601 West Midway Rd., Ft. Pierce, Florida
October 13 – 14
Gainesville Orchid Society Show, Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Dr., Gainesville, Florida
October 13 – 14
Orchid Forum of Sacramento Show, Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3331 Park Way, Sacramento, California
October 13 – 14
Greater North Texas Orchid Society Show, North Haven Gardens, 7700 Northaven Rd., Dallas, Texas
October 13 – 14
Eastern Canada Orchid Society Orchidfete, Hotel Espresso and Conference Center, 1005 rue Guy, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
October 13 – 14
Trinidad & Tobago Orchid Society Annual Show, Hotel Lobby, National Academy for the Performing Arts, Port of Spain, Trinidad
October 13 – 14
Bribie Island Orchid Society Show, Bribie Island State High School, First Ave., Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia
October 13 – 14
Colac Orchid Club Show, Show Grounds, Colac, Victoria, Australia
October 14
West Cornwall Orchid Society Autumn Festival, Camborne Community Centre, Pendarves Rd., Camborne, Cornwall, UK
October 14
Penang Monthly Orchid Show, Pavilion Formal Garden, Penang Botanic Garden, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
October 14 – 16
Native Orchid Society of Toowoomba Show & Sarcochilus Festival, Ridge Shopping Centre, Hume & Stenner Sts., Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
October 18 – 21
Western Suburbs Orchid Society Spring Show, Strathfield Plaza, 11 The Boulevarde, Strathfield, NSW, Australia
October 19 – 21
Connecticut Orchid Society Show & Sale, Van Wilgens Garden Center, 51 Valley Rd., N. Branford, Connecticut
October 19 – 21
East Everglades Orchid Society Show & Sale, R.F. Orchids, 28100 SW 182 Ave., Homestead, Florida
October 19 – 21
Southland Orchid Show, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1150 Oxford Rd., San Marino, California
October 19 – 21
Fraser Valley Orchid Society Show & Plant Sale, George Preston Recreation Centre, 20699 42nd Ave., Langley, British Columbia, Canada
October 19 – 21
Exposicao Regional de Orquideas, Clube Uniao de Mocos Catolicos, Rua Julio de Castilhos 243, Garibaldi, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
October 20
Batemans Bay Orchid & Foliage Society Show, Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 2 Beach Rd., Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia
October 20
Revesby Workers’ Australian Native Orchid Club Show, Revesby Worker’s Club, 2b Brett St., Revesby, NSW, Australia
October 20 – 21
Orchid Society of Western Pennsylvania Fall Festival, Phipps Garden Center, 1059 Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
October 20 – 21
Tampa Orchid Club Expo, Univ. of South Florida Botanical Garden, 12210 USF Pine Dr., Tampa, Florida
October 20 – 21
Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society Show & Plant Sale, Krohn Conservatory, 1501 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati, Ohio
October 20 – 21
Orchid Society of Arizona Annual Show & Sale, Arizona State Veteran Home, 4141 S. Herrera Way (formerly N. 3rd St.,) Phoenix, Arizona
October 20 – 21
Boonah Orchid Show & Sarcochilus Festival, Boonah High School, Macquarie St., Boonah, Queensland, Australia
October 20 – 21
Blue Mountains and Penrith Districts Orchid Society Show, Girl Guides Hall, Great Western Hwy. & Nepean St., Emu Plains, NSW, Australia
October 20 – 21
Australasian Native Orchid Society Show, Adamstown Bowling Club, Adamstown, NSW, Australia
October 20 – 21
Yarra Valley Orchid Society Spring Show, Seville Public Hall, Warburton Hwy., Seville, Victoria, Australia
October 20 – 21
Cobden Orchid Society Show, Civic Hall, Victoria St., Cobden, Victoria, Australia
October 20 – 21
Ballarat Orchid Society Show, Horticultural Centre, Gillies & Gregory Sts., Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
October 20 – 21
Orchidees et Autres Plantes Exotiques, Espace Ecully, 7 Rue Jean Rigaud, Ecully, Rhone, France
October 20 – 27
Charlottesville Orchid Society Fall Show, Snow’s Garden Center, 1875 Avon St., Charlottesville, Virginia
October 21
Sussex Orchid Group Open Autumn Show, Crawley Horticultural Hall, Ifield Ave., Crawley, West Sussex, UK
October 21
Orchid Society of East Anglia Autumn Show, Eaton Parish Hall, Colman Rd., Norwich, Norfolk, UK
October 21
South East Orchid Society Autumn Show, Ashford Rail Staff Hall, Beaver Rd., Ashford, Kent, UK
October 23
Marin Orchid Society Fall Auction, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross, California
October 23
Royal Horticultural Society Orchid Committee Show, RHS Horticultural Halls, Greycoat St. & Vincent Square, London, UK
October 23 – 25
Eighth International Workshop on Orchids, Soroa Orchid Botanical Garden, Artemisa, Cuba
October 24 – 27
Redcliffe District Orchid Society Show, Redcliffe Municipal Library, Oxley Ave., Redcliffe, Western Australia, Australia
October 25 – 27
Northern Rivers Orchid Species Society Show, Lismore Shopping Square, Brewster & Uralba Sts., Lismore, NSW, Australia
October 26 – 27
Merritt Huntington Memorial Symposium, Cavalier Oceanfront Hotel, 42nd St. & Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach, Virginia
October 26 – 27
Nambour Orchid Society Species Show, Uniting Church Hall, Nambour, Queensland, Australia
October 26 – 28
Delray Beach Orchid Society Show, Old Scholl Square Gymnasium, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, Florida
October 26 – 28
Kansas City Orchid Expo & Sale and Mid-America Orchid Congress Fall Meeting, Hilton Garden Inn, 19677 East Jackson Dr., Independence, Missouri
October 26 – 28
British Orchid Congress, Writhlington School, Radstock, North Somerset, UK
October 27
Scottish Orchid Society Annual General Meeting & Show, Dundarroch Hotel, Pitlochry, Scotland, UK
October 27
SPECIES Show & Auction, Community Neighbourhood Centre, 10-14 Taylor St., West Pennant Hills, NSW, Australia
October 27
D.O.G.-Bewertungssitzung Unterfranken, Hotel Zum Kirschbaum, Wurzburger Str. 18, Rottendorf, Bavaria, Germany
October 27 – 28
Shreveport Orchid Society Show, Barnwell Center, 601 Clyde Fant Pkwy., Shreveport, Louisiana
October 27 – 28
Brevard County Orchid Society Fall Fair, Melbourne Auditorium, 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd., Melbourne, Florida
October 27 – 28
Michiana Orchid Society Show, Holy Cross College, 54515 State Rd. 933 N., Notre Dame, Indiana
October 27 – 28
Royal Botanical Gardens Orchid Society Show & Sale, 680 Plains Rd. W., Burlington, Ontario, Canada
October 27 – 28
North Moreton Queensland Orchid Council Show, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Auditorium, Mt. Coot-tha, Queensland, Australia
October 27 – 28
Exposition d’Orchidees, Maison de la Culture et des Loisirs, Ave. d’Armainvilliers, Gretz-Armainvilliers, Ile-de-France, France
October 28
Birmingham & Midland Orchid Society Autumn Show, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Westbourne Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
October 28 – November 4
Kedah Orchid Show, Medan Usahawan, Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia
October 31 – November 4
Fourth Scientific Conference on Andean Orchids & Ecuador International Orchid Show, Guayaquil Convention Center, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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