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Originally Posted by Orchidreamer
Thanks all, for the replies! Sorry I forgot to provide more details, I thought at least my location would show up under my username, but I guess not. I haven't been on here much lately.
Anyways, I live in Virginia and I grow mostly intermediate to warm growers. Can't do cool growers. I do mostly catts, dens, and phals. Hybrids and species alike, though I myself gravitating more towards species, and uncommon hybrids. I love getting cool new things from international vendors, things that I can't easily find anywhere around here.
It's too late for me to plan a trip to POE (or Tamiami) so I will go with Redland's this year. Personally I like the west coast more but in my case, seems more practical to go to FL.
One more question: how many days should I spend at Redland's? I know it's 3 days but due to my schedule I might only be able to visit for 1-2 days. I've done local shows like SEPOS and NCOS in 2 hrs to half a day.
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That's up to you. I always go on Friday morning before the best orchids are bought up. The show is on a big piece of property and it requires quite a bit of walking. After a few hours I'm pretty worn out. Some people break it up into two days so they don't wear themselves out. I heard they get about 30,000 people over 3 days. You may want to have a plan also. Look at the list of vendors and think about which vendors you are most interested in visiting first. I have three or four vendors that I always go to first and then I start browsing the rest. The weather sometimes comes into play also. Three years ago we had huge thunderstorms on Saturday and several years have been very hot. Last year we had very nice weather so I hope we get another year like that.
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