D,

Regarding the Miami Show, if you like second rate orchid hybrids then the
Miami Show is great... otherwise it is just one big bore with all it fake
"classy" ambiance, red carpets, elevator music, and overpriced hybrids.

In a real show (eg the Redlands) I prefer to have/see more tables lined with
unusual hard-to-find plants for sale... not space-hogging over-glorified
cheesy orchid displays of pink hybrid phals. But then again that is just my
preference I suppose.

Mick

PS... ever see any new-blood/exciting vendors in the Miami show? I think
not. It is the same old broken down boring (mostly Floridian) vendors year
after year after year with the same old boring hybrids with you-know-who
dictating every aspect of the show and adwarding himself a couple of awards
each year. Yuck.