Don’t forget to pencil into your diaries this wonderful annual event which is organised by the Orchid Societies Council of Victoria (OSCOV) every August – The Melbourne Orchid Spectacular 2018.

• When: Friday 24 August 2018 (9:00am to 4:00pm), Saturday 25 August 2018 (9:00am to 4:00pm) and Sunday 26 August 2018 (9:00am to 4:00pm)
• Where: Boxhall Pavilion, KCC Park (State Dog Centre), 655 Western Port Highway, Skye
• Entry cost: $10

Come and visit us at our Southern Suburbs Orchid Society (SSOS) stand.

Here are some highlights from participating clubs at last year’s Melbourne Orchid Spectacular – 2017

Maroondah Orchid Society display

Australian Native Orchid Society’s Diplodium aff robustum

North East Melbourne Orchid Society Paphiopedilum display

Yarra Valley Orchid Society’s Dendrobium speciosum

Wimmera Orchid Club’s Sartylis ‘Blue Knob’

Maroondah Orchid Society’s Dendrochilum tenellum ‘Fuzzy’

Gippsland Orchid Club’s Masdevallia Machu Pichu ‘Jay Vee’

Southern Suburbs Orchid Society’s Sarah Jean ‘Jennifer’

Orchid Species Society of Victoria’s Ada aurantiara

South Gippsland Orchid Society display

West Gippsland Orchid Club’s Pleurothallis restrepiodes

Ringwood Orchid Society’s Cattleya Momrani Rainbow ‘Buttercup’

Bayside Orchid Society’s Cymbidium Cherry Blossum ‘Profusion’

Berwick Orchid Club display

Mornington Peninsula Orchid Society’s Paphiopedilum Hsing Dragon x Macabre

Dandenong & District Orchid Club display

Geelong Orchid & Indoor Plant Club display

Melbourne Eastern Orchid Society’s Pterostylis curta

The Hanging Garden’s Dendrobium Aemulum ‘Star Shower’

Devon Meadows Orchids Cymbidium Pink Splendour x Flaming Magic

Cymbidium Orchid Society of Victoria’s Cymbidium Templestowe Charm ‘Strawberry’