Thank You to all who made Orchid Fest 2024 a great success! Our members and volunteers did an outstanding job, our vendors provided a wide range of orchids and companion plants for sale and our visitors, customers, artisans and plant society representatives all contributed to a very successful event.
Orchid Fest 2024 is coming to Nipomo High School Sat. and Sun. Feb 3rd and 4th, 2024.
FCOS Members and volunteers enter for free, adults $5 and children 12 and under are free.
This webpage will be updated with more information as the show date approaches. If you wish to volunteer to make this event a great success and to join with other like minded people, please email us with your name, email address and phone number and we will contact you. Volunteer by clicking here.
Latest updates - Orchid Fest 2024 continues to add more orchid supplies, artists and food!
Weather permitting, several local artists will be offering their artwork for sale under the outdoor covered pavilion at Orchid Fest 2024. Irene Pomirchy, Melanie Bedwell and Richard Rowe will be offering their artwork and pottery for sale. See below for more information about these artists.
Iron Wolf Coffee will offer specialty coffee drinks.
Sweet Creations by Issa will offer a range of frozen desserts.
Cinco de Mayo Taqueria food truck will offer breakfast and lunch items.
Organic First, Les and Roland Chan will be selling organic fertilizer, insecticides and fungicides.
The following groups will have information tables at Orchid Fest 2024 - be sure to spend time with them to learn what they do and sign up for their newsletters: San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, Central Coast Catcus and Succulent Society, Central Coast Dahlia Society (www.centralcoastdahlias.org)
Demonstrations: Saturday 11AM — Paul Jenzen, Repotting Cymbidiums
Saturday 1PM — Eric Holenda, Phalaenopsis Care and Repotting
Sunday, 11AM — Chris Howard, Orchids 101
To view our latest Orchid Fest 2024 video please click here. Another video has just been created by Angelic of OrchidDesign: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=425044829958472.
WHERE IS Olympic hall at nipomo high school, nipomo, CA?
Thank You for your interest in Orchid Fest 2024 to be held Saturday and Sunday, February 3-4, 2024 at Olympic Hall, Nipomo High School, Nipomo, CA.
Orchids are getting easier to grow at home, thanks to the work of talented hybridizers. The Central Coast of California provides the ideal climate for orchids that will flourish on a window sill or sheltered area outside to delight the home gardener. Join us at Orchid Fest 2024 to discover the secrets of orchid growing and re-blooming from our friendly club members and expert vendors.
Seven of California’s talented orchid growers and hybridizers will be selling their orchids and answering all of your orchid growing questions. Open from 10 AM to 5 PM on Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM Sunday, entrance is $5 for adults children under 12 are free. There is ample free parking.
Featured orchid vendors include:
Sunset Valley Orchids, his renowned for the development of the black orchid “After Midnight.” They are one of the largest hybridizers of mini and compact Cattleya orchids suitable for windowsill growing. Their new offerings of Zygopetalum orchids have scents resembling hyacinths.
Ambriz Kingdom of Plants offers many types of Laelia anceps orchids suitable for outdoor growing in coastal areas and amazing Tillandsias (air plants) which need little care.
OrchidDesign will feature outdoor growing Cymbidiums as well as exotic Vanda orchids and a range of Dendrobium orchids.
SLO Orchids offers a range of Laelia and Cattleya orchids and may bring a selection of carnivorous plants. Joining Don Elkins of SLO Orchids will be Susan Hamilton of “Orchids and Gardens” of Fresno.
Orchids of Los Osos offers a wide selection of unique orchid species such as pansy orchids (Miltoniopsis) and promises us new surprises.
CalCoast Orchids specializes in a range of moth orchids (Phalaenopsis) from towering giants to the diminutive “teacup” varieties.
The Planted Parlour of Grover Beach offers a wide range of exotic house plants and growing supplies.
Don’t miss the chance to see and purchase the latest “easy growing” orchid hybrids or challenge your growing skills with a more demanding species orchid. Orchid Fest 2024 continues the 29 year history of annual orchid shows and sales by FCOS, and is made possible with the generous collaboration of our local orchid growers, FCOS members and amazing volunteers.
ARTISTS UNDER THE OUTDOOR PAVILLION (weather permitting)
Irene Pomirchy - floral paintings and prints https://www.joyfulartnet.wordpress.com/
Melanie Bedwell - The Bedwell Group - glazed ceramic pottery
Rowe Clayworks - ceramic pottery - https://www.roweclayworks.com https://www.instagram.com/roweclayworks/
IS FOOD AVAILABLE? -YES - Cinco de Mayo Taqueria food truck will offer breakfast and lunch items all day Sat. and Sunday.
PURCHASE TICKETS
To purchase tickets please click here
Orchid Growers featured at this sale are listed below. Click on the name of the orchid grower to visit their website or Facebook page.
CalCoast Orchids is a major supporter of Five Cities Orchid Society. They are expanding their offerings of Phalaenopsis to include more color varieties, some of which are fragrant.
SLO Orchids is located in Arroyo Grande and sells mostly through their website. They offer a range of orchids suitable for outdoor growing conditions on the Central California Coast as well as windowsill and under light orchids.
Sorella Orchids of Oxnard, CA will be selling several varieties of mini-Cymbidium Orchids as well as a collection of miniature and specialty orchids. See their Facebook page for more details.
The Planted Parlour is a new venture owned and operated by FCOS members Chris Howard and Michael Jenne. They will feature a wide ranger of exotic house plants, begonias and plant growing supplies. Please visit their website for more information: www.theplantedparlour.com.
Joe Ambriz admiring one of his many Cattleya orchids at Ambriz Kingdom of Plants, Cambria, CA - one of our Orchid Fest vendors.