Hi,

The wife and me have just been to pay a visit to the Darlington Orchid
Society's Show at the White Horse Hotel. We then drove in to the
centre of Darlington to do a little shopping.

To our utter amazement, and joyus surprise, we saw a massive Cymbidium
for sale at only £10.99. It was from the plant stand at the old indoor
market, it goes without saying we bought it... our first orchid.

It was more than half the price of anything else we have seem before
and twice as big. It just fits into our large bay window....what a bit
of luck.

Anyway...

This was my first visit to an orchid show. Although small and
intimate, it was well laid out, with lots of varities to see and
things to. We bought some raffle tickets and left our vote for the
best in show award (we picked No20).

I think it was well worth the trip, we found the people there to be
polite, well up on their subject and keen to chat.

I have seen orchids at other general garden shows such as the one held
at Gateshead, but the variety on display was enough to persuade anyone
to pick up the hobby.

I thought the hotel could have offered free coffee as an incentive to
drum up some of their own business (they charged £1, thats my
marketing hat speaking).

It's a shame I am likely to join a more local club, but I felt it was
worth a mention for the club online.

PS
Can anyone give me links to goog site on how to look ater my
Cymbidium?