By Eleanor Wilson
Hundreds of native and exotic orchids filled Berwick’s Senior Citizens Hall over the weekend as the Berwick Orchid Spring Show enticed crowds.
Over 200 flowering plants dazzled on display across Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 September, while more than 500 orchids filled the sales area for avid green thumbs to purchase.
Berwick Orchid Show president Murray Harding said this year’s show provided the best crowd the show has seen in a decade.
“It was excellent, the standard of orchids was well above average,” Mr Harding said.
“We are back to where we were pre-Covid and if anything better in terms of the plants and the numbers and the enthusiasm.”
Over half of the plants on sale, which included natives and exotics propagated from members’ orchids, were snapped up within the first half of Saturday morning.
Two large flowering Dendrobium striolata, grow by Tam and Lyn Nguyen and Mr Harding, stood as stand outs at the show.
“One of our members has been growing the same plant since 2005 and it is a beautiful plant with hundreds of flowers on it,” Mr Harding said.
“I saw her put it into a show in 2011 and I was so impressed with it I decided to grow one myself.
“To see two plants of the quality and size and number of flowers of this variety in one show will probably never happen again.”
Phone Mr Harding on 0411 708 313 for more information about the Berwick Orchid Club.
