Riverbanks Orchid Festival, S.C.

It's Show season, which means there is an orchid show almost every two weeks from now through the end of March. The exhibits shown below are from the Riverbanks Orchid Festival held this past weekend in Columbia, South Carolina in the Botanical Garden Visitor Center within the Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden. I had a fun time socializing with the society member clerks and AOS judges during ribbon and flower quality review. The host orchid society (South Carolina O.S.) had a large, walk-thru exhibit that was too large to be captured in a single pic.

Coastal Carolina O.S. exhibit, Charleston, S.C.













Carter & Holmes exhibit, Newberry, S.C.













Aiken-Augusta O.S. exhibit, Augusta, GA













Triad O.S. exhibit, Greensboro, N.C.













North Carolina Piedmont O.S. exhibit, Charlotte, N.C.













Deep South O.S. exhibit, Savannah, GA. This exhibit suffered from being in the light shadow cast by the large windows on both sides. Consequently, all the flowers were under-illuminated and difficult to see. The exhibit would have scored higher if they provided lights to compensate.













Cymbidium Ruby Shower 'Murasaki-okimi', exhibited by South Carolina O.S.



















Cymbidium Morning Shower 'Tiny Jewel ', exhibited by South Carolina O.S.



















Cymbidium Lovely Bunny, exhibited by Aiken-Augusta O.S.













Cymbidium Jill 'Betty Jo', AM/AOS, exhibited by Carter & Holmes



















Lycaste Helen Congleton, exhibited by South Carolina O.S.













Lycaste Aquila 'Detente', AM/AOS, exhibited by South Carolina O.S.













Bulbophyllum eberhardtii, exhibited by South Carolina O.S.













Dendrobium speciosum var. pendunculatum 'Riverwood', AM/AOS, exhibited by South Carolina O.S.













Dendrobium speciosum var. grandiflorum 'San Bar Yellow King', exhibited by South Carolina O.S.













Dendrobium Warragul 'Jet Stream', exhibited by South Carolina O.S.













Stenorrhyncus speciosus, exhibited by Triad O.S., awarded a CCM/AOS



















Blc. Traveling Star 'Polar Glow', exhibited by South Carolina O.S.













Cattleya trianne 'Arenka Germanske', FCC/AOS, exhibited by Triad O.S.













Slc. Jeanne Wilson 'MVO', AM/AOS, exhibited by Carter & Holmes













Phaius tankervilliae var. alba, exhibited by Coastal Carolina O.S.



















Phragmipedium (Sorcerer's Apprentice, 4N x caudatum var. sanderae), exhibited by Western North Carolina O.S.



















Paphiopedilum Raisin Jack, exhibited by Carter & Holmes













Paphiopedilum appletonianum, exhibited by Carter & Holmes













Paphiopedilum Rory Jones, exhibited by Deep South O.S., Savannah, Georgia













Paphiopedilum Formosa Lily, exhibited by Deep South O.S., Savannah, Georgia













Paphiopedilum Honey, exhibited by Deep South O.S., Savannah, Georgia


















Paphi0pedilum Hsinying Jewel (Mystic Jewel x maudiae), exhibited by Carter & Holmes, received an AM/AOS