I have always been fond of orchids, so when I saw about half a dozen hand-lettered signs spaced out at various intervals next to the main road advertising an orchid show last weekend, it didn’t take much convincing to plan to attend.

I picked up a neighbor who is also fond of orchids and we drove over to the show on Saturday morning. Although medium in size in terms of an exhibit, there were spectacular orchids in all colors, shapes, and varieties. A carpenter had even built special wooden exhibit stands for some of them. These prize winning orchids were an orchid lover’s dream and a joy to photograph as well.

Later, as I was perusing the sale portion room of the exhibit a man walked in and asked us to check our numbers on our entry tickets, and lo and behold I saw that I was the proud winner, picking out a beautiful dendrobium orchid. I have seldom won anything so there was much excitement on my behalf.

Dendrobium orchids have a profusion of flowers but lose some of their leaves in winter I learned when reading up about them later. I have only had phalaenopsis orchids until now, so the dendrobium orchid was new to me. Cradling my new treasure I headed home with a big smile on my face.