Orchids to hog the limelight | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

Orchids to hog the limelight | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online: "MANILA, Philippines -- The onset of the monsoon rains marks the staging of the 65th Mid-Year Orchid and Garden Show of the Philippine Orchid Society (POS). To be held at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Diliman, the POS in partnership with the Quezon City Government will open the show on August 25 and will close September 5.

The show will carry the theme “Green Living with Orchids,” and will promote environment-friendly ways of gardening and orchid growing. This season’s show is usually in time for the flowering season of our very own Vanda sanderiana or the majestic Waling-Waling orchid. Also highlighting this event is be the transformation of a part of the Quezon Memorial Circle park into a tropical paradise showcasing the best of this season’s blooming orchids with a competition for the search of the best Philippine Orchid species, the best Waling-Waling, and the best Orchid in the show."