Summer orchids on show at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

The Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Orchidarium is holding its first "Summer Orchids" show from February 23 to 25 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). The event will feature two guest nurseries and various activities, such as lectures, courses, guided tours, video screenings and a plant raffle.

Orchids' great capacity for hybridization is a striking feature of this family. Man, always in search of perfection and something even more beautiful, has made use of this natural ability to produce new plants with even more perfect shapes, different colors, and which also bloom at different times of the year. The Summer Orchids exhibition presents the public with several of these hybrids, as well as some native and exotic species that bloom in the hottest season of the year.

"Through artificial hybridization (done in a laboratory), it is possible to obtain plants that flower more than once a year and at different times of the year. This has created plants that bloom in the summer, which is generally considered to be a less rich season for these flowers," explains Delfina de Araujo, curator of the JBRJ Orchidarium.

See the event program below:

Friday - February 23rd

9 a.m. - Guided Tour - Discovering the Orchid Garden - Bob Vittell

10 a.m. - Getting to know the Orchid Garden - Delfina de Araujo

10 a.m. - Videos on cultivation - 17 minutes each

Replanting - Delfina de Araujo

Growing Phalaenopsis in an apartment -- Fernando Setembrino

Photo presentation: Getting to know the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden's orchid collection - Photos by Sergio Araujo

12 p.m. - Guided Tour - Discovering the Orchid Garden - Bob Vittell

12 p.m. - 1 p.m. - Lecture/minicourse - Knowing and Growing Vandas, with Delfina de Araujo

2-3 p.m. - Videos on cultivation - 17 minutes each

Replanting - Delfina de Araujo

Growing Phalaenopsis in an apartment

2:30 p.m. - Discovering the Orchid Garden - Delfina de Araujo

4 p.m. - Short course - Orchid cultivation - Roland Brook Cooke

Saturday - February 24th

8 a.m.-5 p.m.: SOS Orchids, with agronomist Andrew Fogtman.

9 a.m.-10 a.m. Cultivation videos - 17 minutes each Replanting - Delfina de Araujo

Growing Phalaenopsis in an apartment - Fernando Setembrino

10 a.m. - Lecture on orchid cultivation - Ricardo de Figueiredo

10 a.m. - Minicourse - Using orchids in landscaping - Delfina de Araujo (Location: 1st part: Association of Friends of the Botanical Garden; 2nd part: Orchid Garden.

11 a.m. - Photo projection: Getting to know the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden's orchid collection - Photos by Sergio Araujo

2 p.m. - Minicourse - Roland Brook Cooke

3-4 p.m. - Videos on cultivation - 17 minutes each

Replanting - Delfina de Araujo

Growing Phalaenopsis in an apartment - Fernando Setembrino

3 p.m. - Power Point presentation: Orchids of the Atlantic Forest - Delfina de Araujo

4-5 p.m. - Videos on cultivation - 17 minutes each

Replanting - Delfina de Araujo

Growing Phalaenopsis in an apartment - Fernando Setembrino

Sunday - February 25th

9-10 a.m. - Videos on cultivation - 17 minutes each

Replanting - Delfina de Araujo

Growing Phalaenopsis in an apartment - Fernando Setembrino

10 a.m. - Photographing with a cell phone and aspects of scientific photography, with Gustavo Pedro

11 a.m. - Getting to know the orchid collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden - Photos by Sergio Araujo

12 p.m. - Power Point presentation: Orchids of the City of Rio - Delfina de Araujo

2 p.m. - Minicourse - Cultivation - Roland Brook Cooke

3 p.m. - Getting to know the Orchid Garden - guided tour by Delfina de Araujo

3 p.m. - Videos on cultivation - 17 minutes each

Replanting - Delfina de Araujo

Growing Phalaenopsis in an apartment - Fernando Setembrino

Registration for the activities:

Place of registration: Tent next to the glass greenhouse of the Orchid Nursery.

Location of activities: Meet at the tent 15 minutes before the scheduled time. Limited places.

The activities are free (with an entrance fee to the arboretum), with the exception of the Orchids in Landscaping course.

Orchids in Landscaping course: register with the Association of Friends of the Botanical Garden. Telephone 2259-5026, whatsapp (21) 99370-8605 or e-mail cursos@amigosjb.org.br

Venue: Association of Friends (Part 1), Orchid Garden (Part 2 to follow).

Price R$ 50,00