Orchids can charm and tantalize, fascinate and frustrate....They provide endless satisfaction, as mumsie develop a special bond with them and mumsie can spend hours daily spraying, weekly watering and feeding them.
Every year JB (Danga Bay to be exact) will hold an international orchid show...and mumsie accompanied by Sister Yap and Miss Wong will be there!!
A wide range of orchids can be seen and there is bargain galore toooooo....cos many orchid orchard owners around JB will be there selling their blooms....and mumsie will fill up Sister Yap's car with them....(and every year we'll regret for not bringing a van!!!)
This year we were not able to finish the show because of the thunder storm but still it didn't stop mumsie from buying her 'car-load' of orchidhome
Mumsie used to have this....'cattleya' but this is not an easy plant to grow....It only flowered once or twice a year...so mumsie gave up on them....mumsie likes her orchid to produce blooms throughout the year...cos once they bloom they last at least one to 2 months then after a month or so they bloom again..
This is one of the blooms that mumsie cartered home .. Phalaenopsis are everybody's orchid - they can be grown with great ease - require minimum of care to produce numerous flowers over an extended period.
And this too!
Different countries brought out their best bloom
This display is from Korea
Sister Yap and Miss Wong though they don't grow orchid but they will accompany mumsie yearly to the show.....to help mumsie to carter all her blooms home at the end of the show........
And there were prices for the different countries' displays...Kore carried the home 3rd price!
Oncidium or 'golden showers' is one of mumsie's favourite....they are always in bloom in mumsie's garden.... and mumsie managed to carter a few pots home @ half price!!! Didn't need Lilian Too to tell mumsie that this is a Feng Sui flower. .because mumsie likes its name...'golden showers'......
Should have brought Daddy along...he will be a better photographer....mumsie's photography doesn't do them any justice...but then if mumsie brought him along mumsie might not be able to buy any blooms...home.... 
Indonesia's display
Wonder why Australia's display had a 'hooded man' ?????? At the end of the day mumsie learnt quite a few tips from the expert...cos they were a few of them hanging around...selling their wares...fertilisers...as well as orhids..so mumsie brought out quite a few of mumsie's problems for them to solve....Hope to meet them again NEXT YEAR @ next year's international orchid show......
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