fest schedule

Friday, July 24
Plant Sales Area Opens at Noon No Early Birds Please	Plant Sales Area Closes at 7pm Orchid Fest Ends for the Day

Saturday, July 25
	9am	Plant Sales Area Opens No Early Birds Please	Orchid Fest Begins
	TIME	PRESENTER	TOPIC
	10:30am	Thomas Mirenda Frequent author of articles for the AOS Orchids magazine, AOS judge and curator of the orchid collection at the Smithsonian Institute.	Orchid Hunting in Central America; a journalistic travelogue of his trips to Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama. Tom will highlight the habitats of several orchid species which will give insight as to how to grow them.
	11:30am	Rafael Romero of Plantio La Orquidea Venezuela	A Review of Non-Cattleya Venezuelan Species
	1pm	Jere Harms Creative Hydroponics	Hydroponics; The Easy Way to Grow Orchids;
	2:30pm	The Mid-Atlantic AOS Judging Center, Paul Scheetz Chm.	Attend a public judging session and learn the principles and rules of orchid judging. Plants may be submitted for judging.
	9:5:00pm	PPlant Sales Area Closes	Orchid Fest Ends for the Day
Sunday, July 27
	9:00am	Plant Sales Area Opens	Orchid Fest Begins
	Noon-2pm	Parkside Staff	Repotting and Diagnostic Workshop Bring your plants in for expert evaluation.
	3:00pm	Plant Sales Area Closes	Orchid Fest 2009 Ends

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