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Vacation recommendations
My wife and I are looking for a vacation destination US or Caribbean that
would include an orchid show. Has anyone ever attended the one on Barbados that's coming up in March? How about the one in Costa Rica? Which are the best ones upcoming in Florida? We're looking for one that could take up a day or two ... lots of vendors, etc. |
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Redlands is good but the Miami Show (Coconut Grove) is better.
-- D. Wain Garrison If you can read you can learn anything, for there are those smarter than you who can write, however, not everyone who can write is smarter than you. "Mick Fournier" wrote in message news:TIx0a.11972$Xi7.1193@FE07... Mark, In Florida... the Redlands Show is the best by far. http://www.orchidworks.com/redland/ Mick |
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D,
Regarding the Miami Show, if you like second rate orchid hybrids then the Miami Show is great... otherwise it is just one big bore with all it fake "classy" ambiance, red carpets, elevator music, and overpriced hybrids. In a real show (eg the Redlands) I prefer to have/see more tables lined with unusual hard-to-find plants for sale... not space-hogging over-glorified cheesy orchid displays of pink hybrid phals. But then again that is just my preference I suppose. Mick PS... ever see any new-blood/exciting vendors in the Miami show? I think not. It is the same old broken down boring (mostly Floridian) vendors year after year after year with the same old boring hybrids with you-know-who dictating every aspect of the show and adwarding himself a couple of awards each year. Yuck. |
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It seems that Mick may have never been there.
-- D. Wain Garrison If you can read you can learn anything, for there are those smarter than you who can write, however, not everyone who can write is smarter than you. "Mick Fournier" wrote in message news:uCy0a.2257$ry3.1449@FE06... 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. |
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Redlands in Florida in May.......Weeekend after mothers day! I can't wait,
its my mothers day gift from hubby. -- Hugs, Molli My wife and I are looking for a vacation destination US or Caribbean that would include an orchid show. Has anyone ever attended the one on Barbados that's coming up in March? How about the one in Costa Rica? Which are the best ones upcoming in Florida? We're looking for one that could take up a day or two ... lots of vendors, etc. |
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Thanks for the insight Mick.
I too do not care for the cotton candy, but prefer the more hard to find. If I have to decide between the two it will be Redlands. Michael "Mick Fournier" wrote in message news:uCy0a.2257$ry3.1449@FE06... D, Regarding the Miami Show, if you like second rate orchid hybrids then the Miami Show is great... otherwise it is just one big bore with all it fake "classy" ambiance, red carpets, elevator music, and overpriced hybrids. In a real show (eg the Redlands) I prefer to have/see more tables lined with unusual hard-to-find plants for sale... not space-hogging over-glorified cheesy orchid displays of pink hybrid phals. But then again that is just my preference I suppose. Mick PS... ever see any new-blood/exciting vendors in the Miami show? I think not. It is the same old broken down boring (mostly Floridian) vendors year after year after year with the same old boring hybrids with you-know-who dictating every aspect of the show and adwarding himself a couple of awards each year. Yuck. |
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D,
I have been to 8 of the last 10 shows in Miami including last year... I know what I speak about. You got anything else you want to "slam" me with Garrison? Or, do you want to really test me? Mick |
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Boy, between all the choices he started with, why not suggest Costa Rica?
I'd LOVE to go there. One day... "Mick Fournier" wrote in message news:HIC0a.3027$Xi7.2543@FE05... D, I have been to 8 of the last 10 shows in Miami including last year... I know what I speak about. You got anything else you want to "slam" me with Garrison? Or, do you want to really test me? Mick |
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I also agree. Up here in Seattle, we have the Northwest Flower and Garden
show as well as several smaller shows around as well as our sale. Last year at the NWF&GS, I could only find 2 plants I was interested in buying that were being sold at a price I thot was fair. At the smaller shows w/ local small vendors, I usually have to *try* to control myself and set budget limits... "michael exler" wrote in message m... Thanks for the insight Mick. I too do not care for the cotton candy, but prefer the more hard to find. If I have to decide between the two it will be Redlands. Michael "Mick Fournier" wrote in message news:uCy0a.2257$ry3.1449@FE06... D, Regarding the Miami Show, if you like second rate orchid hybrids then the Miami Show is great... otherwise it is just one big bore with all it fake "classy" ambiance, red carpets, elevator music, and overpriced hybrids. In a real show (eg the Redlands) I prefer to have/see more tables lined with unusual hard-to-find plants for sale... not space-hogging over-glorified cheesy orchid displays of pink hybrid phals. But then again that is just my preference I suppose. Mick PS... ever see any new-blood/exciting vendors in the Miami show? I think not. It is the same old broken down boring (mostly Floridian) vendors year after year after year with the same old boring hybrids with you-know-who dictating every aspect of the show and adwarding himself a couple of awards each year. Yuck. |
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Well if there is room in the overhead compartment I would go to Costa Rica.
Dont you just hate it when people invite themselves along? Michael "Jerry Hoffmeister" wrote in message news:87I0a.17462$iG3.2879@sccrnsc02... Boy, between all the choices he started with, why not suggest Costa Rica? I'd LOVE to go there. One day... "Mick Fournier" wrote in message news:HIC0a.3027$Xi7.2543@FE05... D, I have been to 8 of the last 10 shows in Miami including last year... I know what I speak about. You got anything else you want to "slam" me with Garrison? Or, do you want to really test me? Mick |
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hee hee :) I have a 2 1/2 yr old and a greenhouse and light table full of
orchids to take care of or I'd go... oh and there's the work thing, $$, vacation time... "michael exler" wrote in message m... Well if there is room in the overhead compartment I would go to Costa Rica. Dont you just hate it when people invite themselves along? Michael "Jerry Hoffmeister" wrote in message news:87I0a.17462$iG3.2879@sccrnsc02... Boy, between all the choices he started with, why not suggest Costa Rica? I'd LOVE to go there. One day... "Mick Fournier" wrote in message news:HIC0a.3027$Xi7.2543@FE05... D, I have been to 8 of the last 10 shows in Miami including last year... I know what I speak about. You got anything else you want to "slam" me with Garrison? Or, do you want to really test me? Mick |
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Mick
I've been to the last twenty six. Go occasionally to the Redlands show. In case you have difficulty understanding, I was giving my opinion to an other person who asked. I was not addressing you. Help you self with your test. I have been raising orchids for sixty three years. Been breeding orchids for forty five. Have about 1200 orchid plants. I consider I know of which I speak. -- D. Wain Garrison If you can read you can learn anything, for there are those smarter than you who can write, however, not everyone who can write is smarter than you. "Mick Fournier" wrote in message news:HIC0a.3027$Xi7.2543@FE05... D, I have been to 8 of the last 10 shows in Miami including last year... I know what I speak about. You got anything else you want to "slam" me with Garrison? Or, do you want to really test me? Mick |
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Thanks to all of you for your input. Didn't mean to open a can of worms. I
was lobbying for the AOS Trustees meeting in Hilo, but with the threat level up to orange, only a week of vacation (must use before 4/1), and project deadlines looming, a drivable alternative may be needed. A Florida show seems likely. Thanks again. On 2/7/03 10:20 AM, in article , "D. Wain Garrison" wrote: Mick I've been to the last twenty six. Go occasionally to the Redlands show. In case you have difficulty understanding, I was giving my opinion to an other person who asked. I was not addressing you. Help you self with your test. I have been raising orchids for sixty three years. Been breeding orchids for forty five. Have about 1200 orchid plants. I consider I know of which I speak. -- D. Wain Garrison If you can read you can learn anything, for there are those smarter than you who can write, however, not everyone who can write is smarter than you. "Mick Fournier" wrote in message news:HIC0a.3027$Xi7.2543@FE05... D, I have been to 8 of the last 10 shows in Miami including last year... I know what I speak about. You got anything else you want to "slam" me with Garrison? Or, do you want to really test me? Mick |
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