So...I made my anual trek up to the Santa Barabara International Orchid Show on Saturday, March 12. It is something I always look forward to and come home with more orchids than I need, but I do love them so. The ones on this blog were from the exhibitors.

The yellow Paph was beautiful. The pink flower is a Lycaste. I think they are very beautiful and quite unusual.

I bought a dendrobium similar to this one, but mine will not bloom for several years. I hope I do not kill it before it tries to bloom. I am really hoping to get some more unusual orchids this year. I did buy some cattlayas that were in spike and should bloom very soon. I may add some pictures of them when they do.

This green cymbidium was a pendulous cymbidium and so beautiful. I thought of my friend, Kathleen, who couldn't make it this year. She would have loved all the green cymbidiums they had at the show.

This was a beautiful display of pink phaleonopsis - very nicely done. The theme for the show this year was Route 66, so many of the displays had little trucks and signs for the famous Route 66. Kind of different.

Another pink lycaste. Very stunning, I thought! Next to the lycaste is a broader picture of one of the displays.

A beautiful display of pink and purple phaleonopsis. I thought they did a wonderful job of arranging them together.

Here is my husband, so happy to be here! He was such a trooper to take me to the show and pretty much take me whereever I wanted to go. He even stopped at several greenhouses in Carpenteria on the way home. What a guy!!. I usually go with the girls, but everyone had conflicts this year. ,

As always, the displays were beautiful!