the 32nd annual
Santa Barbara Orchid Estate
International
ORCHID
FAIR
July 13-15, 2012
9am to 5pm Friday & Saturday ~ 10 to 4 Sunday
at Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara
Admission is Free ~ Parking $5
map to Earl Warren | map to Orchid Estate
Enjoy the sights, smells, and shopping of 32nd annual “Weekend of orchids from around the world”- outdoors under open-air canopies! Thirty orchid vendors and orchid organizations from the US and five other countries offering blooming to bare-root plants for purchase, plus friendly orchid expertise and tall tales for free. Recurring potting and culture demonstrations from simple repotting and dividing to growing glorious specimen plants by SBOE staff and noted orchidist Lance Birk.
DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULE

FRIDAY July 13, 2012
11:30 DIVIDING AND POTTING ORCHIDS HELP REPOT AND TAKE HOME A SEEDLING Lance Birk-Author and orchid hunter

1:00 PUBLIC AOS JUDGING Observe Accredited Judging Teams Evaluate Orchids

2:00 MOUNTING ORCHIDS ON CORK T. J. Bloominger-SBOE

SATURDAY July 14, 2012
11:30 POTTING AND DIVIDING ORCHIDS HELP REPOT AND TAKE HOME A SEEDLING Lance Birk-Author and orchid hunter

12:00 NOON DNA DISCUSSION Mark Chase- Kew Gardens

1:00 MOUNTING ORCHIDS ON CORK T. J. Bloominger-SBOE

2:00 NEOFINETIA JUDGING IN THE JAPANESE STYLE in the judging area

SUNDAY July 15, 2012
11:30 DIVIDING AND POTTING ORCHIDS HELP REPOT AND TAKE HOME A SEEDLING Lance Birk--Author and orchid hunter

1:00 GROWING SPECIMEN SIZE PLANTS IN BASKETS AND LARGE CONTAINERS Angela and Phil Watt--SBOE
fair 2008

Meet Guest author, DR. MARK CHASE
of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England 
Mark is a leading researcher in the use of DNA sequencing to reorganize
the species and genera within the orchid family. He will be at the Fair
Friday and Saturday chatting with visitors and signing books.

MARK CHASE SPEAKS ON DNA-BASED CLASSIFICATION OF THE ONCIDIUM ALLIANCE
Friday July 13, 2012, 7:30 PM at the Louise Lowry Davis Center, 1232 de la
Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The occasion for the talk is a
special joint meeting of the Santa Barbara Cymbidium Society and the
Orchid Society of Santa Barbara.  This free talk is open to the public.
Maps will be available at the Fair information booth.

INFORMAL DNA DISCUSSION at the Fair Saturday July 14th at 12 noon.  Bring
lots of questions +- lunch for this moderated discussion with Mark Chase
and others, outdoors in the courtyard behind the vendor booths.


PUBLIC AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY JUDGING at the Fair Friday July 13, 2012 at 1:00 PM. Observe AOS judges screen and evaluate plants for awards. The public may bring superior blooming plants to be considered for judging. Just bring the pest-free plants in stable containers and register the plants by noon Friday. Following judging, plants can be left on display but must be picked up by 5 PM Friday. Out of region AOS judges and clerks are invited to participate- please contact judging chair Jim Sloniker jimorchid@aol.com

PUBLIC NEOFINETA FALCATA JUDGING at the Fair Saturday July 14, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. Watch members of the All Japan Fukiran (Neofineta) Society evaluate Neofineta falcata plants based on their foliage and decorative pots. Commentary in English and Japanese. The public is welcome to bring Neo's for judging. Plants need not be blooming. The Fair info booth will provide drop-off directions.
AOS judging
fair 2008
For 31 years, The Orchid Fair has been a leisurely time in summer for growers and collectors to gather and share their passion for orchids. The Fair strives always to provide you, our customers, with an unsurpassed diversity and quality of plants from all parts of the orchid world; from the United States as well as Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Islands between. The Orchid Fair has flourished because, first, our vendors are true lovers of orchids and many have been coming since the beginning of the Fair and have formed good friendships with their customers. Second, everybody likes to come to Santa Barbara; it’s one of those special places. And third, SBOE is an outstanding adventure in itself with its collection, variety, knowledge & history, now of fifty years.
fair 2007

2012 Vendors

ALL JAPAN
FUKIRAN SOCIETY
(JAPAN)
Judging
AMERICAN ORCHID
SOCIETY
(FLORIDA)
Judging
ANDY’S ORCHIDS INC
All orchid species, ferns
LANCE BIRK
Books, mix
BLOSSOM PLANTING
SUPPLIES INC
Tree-fern products
DON BROWN
Select, awarded, specimens
CAL-ORCHID, INC
Epidendrums, Sobralias,
Cyms, outdoor growers
CYMBIDIUM SOCIETY
OF AMERICA
Membership
D&D FLOWERS
Cattleyas, Dendrobiums,
Phals, Cymbidiums
DIAMOND ORCHIDS
Angrecoids, Dendrobiums,
Laelias
ECUAGENERA
(ECUADOR)
Ecuadorian Orchid Species
EVERYTHING ORCHIDS!
Orchid and botanical gifts,
Masdevallias, Paphs
FLORALIA
(BRAZIL)
Brazilian orchid species
GRANITE HILLS ORCHIDS
Pottery, Brazilian species,
AU Den spec/hybrids, Cyms
HILO HANA HAWAII
(HAWAII)
Handcrafted artisan
orchid eco-baskets
HUNTINGTON GARDENS
Paphiopedilums, Phals
KAWAMOTO
ORCHID NURSERY
(HAWAII)
Catts, Grammatophyllums,
Onc, Milt, Den, species
ORCHID DIGEST
Membership
ORCHID SOCIETY OF
SANTA BARBARA
Judging, Membership
ORCHIDS AND GARDENS
Species of Bulbo, Den,
Maxillarias, Encyclias
ORCHIDS OF LOS OSOS
Species, Paphiopedilums,
Encyclias, Maxillarias
PAPHANATICS UNLTD
Paphiopedilums
RAINFOREST FLORA, INC
Tillandsias,
specialty Bromeliads
RIO MOJAVE ORCHIDS
Catts, Den, Onc-Odont,
species, variety of supplies
ROYAL BOTANICAL
GARDENS, KEW
(ENGLAND)
Guest author Mark Chase
SANTA BARBARA
ORCHID ESTATE
Books, T-shirts, cork

SEED ENGEI
Neofinetia falcata
SORELLA ORCHIDS
Orchids, species, SE Asian
SUNSET VALLEY ORCHIDS
Catts, Catasetinae, species
TEN SHIN GARDENS
(TAIWAN)
Angcm, Bulbo, Catts, Den,
Onc, Phal, Vanda, sp/hybrids
TOKYO ORCHIDS
(JAPAN)
Paphiopedilums
TUYET'S ORCHIDS
Catts, Onc, Laelias,
Australian Dendrobiums
U.S. ORCHID SUPPLIES
Orchid Supplies
VINTAGE ORCHIDS
Paphiopedilums
ZUMA CANYON ORCHIDS
Phalaenopsis orchids
For more information e-mail us at sboe@sborchid.com or call 1-800-553-3387
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