May brings lots of great events, with many around Mother’s Day. Later in the month, the Redland International Orchid Festival in Homestead, Florida is one of the country’s largest orchid shows, and London’s Chelsea Flower Show features lots of glitz, glamour, and royalty alongside the greenery.
May 1 – 5
Festival de Orquídeas, Centro del Sur Mall, 296X+42C, PR-163, Ponce, Puerto Rico
May 2 – 4
Hawkesbury District Orchid Society Show, Richmond Market Place, 78 March St., Richmond, NSW, Australia
May 3 – 4
New Mexico Orchid Guild Show & Sale, Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120 Lomas Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
May 3 – 5
Platinum Coast Orchid Society Show & Sale, Kiwanis Island Park Gymnasium, 951 Kiwanis Island Park Rd., Merritt Island, Florida
May 3 – 5
Exposición Nacional de Orquídeas, Salon de Usos Múltiples, 5to. Nivel – Parqueo Municipal, Boulevard Walter Thilo Deininger (junto al Parque Central,) Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador
May 3 – 5
Exposição Nacional de Orquídeas, Centro de Convenções Palácio das Orquídeas, Av. Dr. Amym José Daher, Piracanjuba, Goiás, Brazil
May 3 – 5
Les Chasseurs d’Orchidées Show, La ferme de l’Abbaye d’Aulne, Rue Vandervelde 275, Thuin, Belgium
May 3 – 12
Cultivo de Vainilla, Exposición de Orquídeas, Conferencias, Ventas, Talleres, Museo Franz Mayer, Av. Hidalgo 45, Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México, Guerrero, Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México, Mexico
May 4
Bucks County Orchid Society Auction, Churchville Nature Center, 501 Churchville Ln., Churchville, Pennsylvania
May 4
Devon Orchid Society Show, Public Hall, Station Rd., Budleigh Salterton, Devon, UK
May 4 – 5
Miami Beach Orchid Show & Arts Festival, Miami Beach Botanical Garden, 2000 Convention Center Dr., Miami Beach, Florida
May 4 – 5
Oklahoma Orchid Society Show & Sale, Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th St., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
May 4 – 5
Denver Orchid Society Show & Sale, Mitchell Hall, Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver, Colorado
May 4 – 5
Treasure Valley Orchid Society Show & Sale, Hilton Garden Inn, 7699 W. Spectrum St., Boise, Idaho
May 4 – 5
Brisbane Orchid Society Autumn Show, Belmont Shooting Complex, 1485 Old Cleveland Rd., Belmont, Queensland, Australia
May 4 – 27
World of Orchids, Dickinson Family Education Conservatory, San Diego Botanic Garden, 300 Quail Gardens Dr., Encinitas, California
May 9 – 11
Five Dock RSL Orchid Society Show, MarketPlace Leichhardt, 122-138 Flood St., Leichardt, NSW, Australia
May 9 – 11
Nambucca Valley Orchid Society Show, Nambucca Seniors Centre, 11 Kent St., Nambucca Heads, NSW, Australia
May 9 – 12
Bellezze Delicate: le Orchidee Spontanee del Veronese, Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona, Lungadige Porta Vittoria 9, Verona, Italy
May 10 – 11
Lockyer Valley Orchid Society Autumn Show, St. Alban’s Anglican Parish of Gatton Hall, 68 Railway St., Gatton, Queensland, Australia
May 10 – 12
Triad Orchid Society Show & Sale, Caine Conservatory, High Point Univ., 708 College Dr. W., High Point, North Carolina
May 10 – 12
East Rand Orchid Show & Market, Greenstone Shopping Centre, Modderfontein Rd. & Van Riebeeck Ave., Greenstone Hill, Modderfontein, Gauteng, South Africa
May 10 – 12
Bundaberg Orchid Society Show, Civic Centre, Bourbong St., Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
May 10 – 12
Western Suburbs Orchid Society Show, Ashfield Mall, 260A Liverpool Rd., Ashfield, NSW, Australia
May 11
New Zealand Orchid Society Autumn Show, Western Springs Garden Community Hall, 956 Great North Rd., Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand
May 11
North of England Orchid Society Monthly Meeting & Show, Community Hall, Manchester Rd., Rixton with Glazebrook, Warrington, Cheshire, UK
May 11
Mathers Foundation Orchid Collection Guided Tour, Pulborough, West Sussex, UK
May 11
Aspley Orchid Society Show & Sale, Community Hall, 175 Edinburgh Castle Rd., Wavell Heights, Queensland, Australia
May 11 – 12
Volusia County Orchid Society Show & Sale, Volusia County Fairgrounds, Hester Building, 3100 E. New York Ave., DeLand, Florida
May 11 – 12
Mother’s Day Orchid Show & Sale, Preysal Secondary School, Couva Main Rd., Preysal, Trinidad & Tobago
May 11 – 12
Glasgow Botanic Gardens Orchid Fair, Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Rd., Glasgow, Scotland, UK
May 11 – 12
Woodburn/Evans Head & District Orchid & Foliage Society Show, Woodburn Memorial Hall, River St., Woodburn, NSW, Australia
May 12
Pietermaritzburg Orchid Society Mother’s Day Show, Mali Ren’s Orchids, 4 Sandland Close, Ashburton, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
May 12
Bourse aux Orchidées et Plantes Rares, Gymnase d’Andeville, 1 Rue Jean Jaurès, Andeville, France
May 16
San Gabriel Valley Orchid Hobbyist Auction, Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, California
May 17 – 19
Redland International Orchid Festival, Redland Fruit & Spice Park, 24801 SW 187th Ave., Homestead, Florida
May 17 – 19
Memphis Orchid Society Show & Sale, Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Rd., Memphis, Tennessee
May 17 – 19
Orchids Out West, Philip Charley Pavilion, Hawkesbury Showground, Racecourse Rd., Clarendon, South Australia, Australia
May 18
Illustrated talk: The Ecology and Conservation of Orchids at Kenfig Nature Reserve, by Chris Jones, Aberglasney Gardens, Llangathen, Carmarthen, UK
May 18
Silverhand Estate: Orchid Walk & Talk, Court Lodge, Luddesdown Rd., Gravesend, Kent, UK
May 18 – 19
Southport and District Orchid Society Autumn Show, Country Paradise Parklands Reception Hall, 231 Beaudesert Nerang Rd., Nerang, Queensland, Australia
May 18 – 19
Exposición de Orquídeas, Instalaciones del SNTSS Auditorio, Frente a la Procuraduría de Tlaxcala, Liramiento Poniente Sn, La Loma Xicohtencatl, Col. Unitlax, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico
May 18 – 19
Ortidea, Orto Botanico di Roma, Largo Cristina di Svezia, Rome, Italy
May 18 – 19
Exposição de Orquídeas de Niterói, Casa da Amizade, Rua Murilo Portugal, 1130 Charitas, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 20
Tasmanian Orchid Society General Meeting & Spring Show, Legacy Hall, 159 Macquarie St., Hobart. Tasmania, Australia
May 21 – 25
RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, UK
May 23 – 25
Bankstown Orchid Society Show & Sale, Lidcombe Shopping Centre, 92 Parramatta Rd., Lidcombe, NSW, Australia
May 25 – 26
Macleay Valley Orchid Society Show, Masonic Hall, 24 Tozer St., West Kempsey, NSW, Australia
May 25 – 26
Goulburn Valley Orchid Society Winter Show, Shepparton Harness Racing Track Hall, Melbourne Rd., Kialla, Victoria, Australia
May 25 – 26
Exposição de Orquídeas de Viseu, Casa Paroquial de São Tiago de Cepões, R. Santa Bárbara, Cepões, Portugal
May 25 – 26
Orchidarium 2024, MUSE – Museo delle Scienze di Trento, Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, Trento, Italy
May 31 – June 2
Long Island Orchid Festival, Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, 1395 Planting Fields Rd., Oyster Bay, New York
May 31 – June 2
New Orleans Orchid Society Show & Sale, Lakeside Mall, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, Louisiana
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