Winter orchids show their beauty in Rio's Botanical Garden

Bringing a touch of enchantment to the coldest season of the year, on July 19, 20 and 21, the Winter Orchid Show brings beautiful blooms to the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, with various species. The event takes place in the Orchidarium and will include lectures, courses, guided tours and a raffle for plants among the first 100 visitors in the morning.

"For each season of the year, there are orchid species blooming. Some seasons are more floriferous than others (autumn and spring), but there will always be orchids to be seen and admired in the other seasons," says Delfina de Araújo, curator of the JBRJ Orchid Collection, pointing out that some winter blooms tend to be longer than at other times of the year - "not to mention the hybrids with their different shapes, colors and scents," she says.

Colourful, captivating and beautiful, orchids have a great capacity for hybridization. Using this natural talent, human beings have managed to obtain even more attractive orchids. Many of these hybrids will be present at the show, which will also exhibit native and exotic species.

In addition to the plants that will be on display in the central area of the glass greenhouse, there will be a sale of flowering orchids in various stages of growth, the supplies needed to grow them and books. The show will also feature Orchid Castle (Roland Brooks Cooke) and Claudecy Orquídeas (Claudecy Vieira).

Check out the program:

Friday (July 19)
8 am - Opening of the Exhibition
10am - Getting to know the Orchid Garden (guided tour), with Delfina de Araujo.
11am - Video screening - Nature of Orchids - Environmental Photography, with photographer Gustavo Pedro.
1pm - Non-stop video screening on cultivation and other information:
Replanting - Delfina de Araujo
Growing Phalaenopsis in an apartment -- Fernando Setembrino
Growing micro-orchids - Roberto Martins
3pm - Cultivation course - Professor Roland Brook Cooke
4pm - Video projection
Replanting - Delfina de Araujo

Saturday (July 21)

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - SOS Orchids, with Andrew Fogtman (Agronomist and President of OrquidaRIO)
9am to 11am - Videos on cultivation (non stop)
Replanting - Delfina de Araujo
Growing Phalaenopsis in an apartment - Fernando Setembrino
Growing micro-orchids - Roberto Martins
Video projection - Nature of Orchids - Environmental Photography, with Gustavo Pedro
11am - Course - Orchid cultivation - Professor Ricardo de Figueiredo
12 noon - Guided tour - Peter Tavares - Director of OrquidaRio
2pm - Video - Photo presentation
Getting to know the orchid collection of the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden - Photos by Sergio Araujo
3pm - Cultivation course - Professor Roland Brook Cooke
4pm - Cultivation videos: Growing Phalaenopsis in an apartment - Fernando Setembrino

Sunday (July 21)

9am - Minicourse - Cultivation , with Roland Brook Cooke
9am - Videos
Replanting - Delfina de Araujo
Growing Phalaenopsis in an apartment - Fernando Setembrino
Growing micro-orchids - Roberto Martins
Video projection - Nature of Orchids - Environmental Photography - with Gustavo Pedro
11 a.m. - Photographing with a cell phone and aspects of scientific photography, with Gustavo Pedro
12h - Videos on cultivation
Replanting - Delfina de Araujo
Growing Phalaenopsis in an apartment - Fernando Setembrino
Growing micro-orchids - Roberto Martins
15h - Presentation: Orchids from the Amazon Biome - Delfina de Araujo
4pm - Videos on cultivation

Place to register for the activities: Tent next to the glass greenhouse.
Location of activities: Meet at the tent 15 minutes before the scheduled time
Limited number of places.
The activities are free of charge (with an entrance ticket to the arboretum). Drawing for a flowering orchid among the first 100 visitors in the morning.
Draw time: 12 noon

Winter Orchid Show
July 19, 20 and 21, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Venue: Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Orchidarium
Rua Jardim Botânico, 1008