Jiu-Lu Orchid show in Ping Tong, Taiwan
 

Here is a famous local orchid show in a small town of the south Taiwan.
This place is always full of sunshine and blue sky, but today is cloudy, the temperature is less hot as I thought.
It is my frist time to visit this show. So I am as curious as you all. What can I see in this local show?
This show is hosted by a temple. The most interesting thing is the champions are chosen by gods. Gods love orchids too!:bowing:rofl:You may ask me how could the gods choose champions? Well, they choose it through casting the lots.:biggrin:
When I reach this temple, it is beyond my expectation.
Oh, my gods! What a small temple it is!:shock:
After all, this is a small temple in a small town.:biggrin:

Orchid chosen by the gods
 

This species vanda was chosen by the god of the earth. (Appearance as an old rich man) :bowing

This one is the favor from the goddess of Holy Mother. ( Also the protector of sailors):bowing

Crazy Monk's Prize.
Strange flower for strange god.:shock:(A crazy monk who was a Zen Master about 800 years ago)

The main prize by the host of this temple. The god of Polaris.:bowing
It looks like a sky with many twinkle stars.:)

Awesome!!! Those are some really fantastic specimens!! Thanks so much for sharing Edward!

Small temple with big backyard
 

kinknstein, you are my first guest, let me take you to vist the backyard of this small temple.:waving

Vanda in the backyard
 

These vanda are so huge, the colors are so vivid.
Gods' palettes forget in the garden.

Wow, I have never had a Vanda but I seem why people love them so much. The second and third pics in the last bunch, that Vanda is stunning. Such a fantastic colour!

Species Vanda.

Edward, thank you so much for posting. I sure wish I could be with you and see such beautiful flowers in person. Your doing a great job of showing us your country and it's wonderful orchids.

Al

Welcome to Ping Tong,::cloud9: Al. Later I will show you some species phals. ( Especially the amazing P. aphrodite var. formosa)

Dendrobiums I
 

All the plants here are so huge and grogeous. I can't image if they grow in my balcony.

Dend. Part II

Dend. Part III

You are a super, fantastic tour guide, Edward. Thank you so much for taking these pics. I love the background stories you posted, explaining the naming of some of these. How interesting.

And not to mention those Dendrobiums...I got weak just looking at them. That's an anosmum in the first group of Dends, pic 5, correct? And what about the one with the white flowers (in pic 3, same post)....is that a D. dearei?

Thank you again for the wonderful tour.
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OMG, I just went back and looked at these again and just saw the D. spectable. :faint:

Thanks for the tour Edward! You guys have some amazing specimen plants in Taiwan!! I look forward to pics from more shows!! They seem to really do it right over there.

It was the same plant in the 1st group of 3 to 5, I was fascinated with it, so I took few highlights for it. I did't know the exact name about it, but I was sure this was not the D. dearidd.

Cats
 

The Cattelya cultivation has been a long history in south Taiwan . Due to the factor of weather it is the main stream for the southern orchid growers. Lack of sunshine, most of the flowers are smaller and few even never bloom in Taipei.:((
Most of these flowers are as big as a child's face.:shock:

NOID phals I
 

There were countless noid phals. Only few I took.

Obsession with white phal
 

I love white phals.

King of the white phal
 

When the king arriving, everyone should bow and scrape.

As the tag written, it was collected in orchid island in 1978. So it could be over 30 years old.

The native P. formosana's flower are smaller, but can grow more spikes, and easy to have basal keikis.

When the time goes by, it will be a big cluster. After that, many hunderds of flowers are not a dream.

Phal species
 

Part 1

Phals species
 

Part 2

The show is over, thanks for your coming.
I wish I can spend more time there next year.

Gods bless our orchids.:bowing:bowing:bowing

Thanks so very much for sharing this beautiful show with us. Being there must have been like a dream.

Marilyn