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Mar 09Plants make for fine pageant
During last Saturday’s “Fiesta de Formas y Colores” a collection of over 1500 plants made for eye candy to a large number of visitors delighted with the 38th consecutive national orchid show.
The event took place in the “Antigua Aduana” building in the La California ever-cultural neighborhood. While mostly attracting local elder citizens, children were also part of the fascinated entourage of witnesses.
This event is annually hosted by the ACO (Costa Rican Association of Orchideology) and has done so since 1972 in a recurrent basis. It was intended to also coincide with the eve of celebration of the National Flower: La Guaria Morada.
As hundreds of orchid specimens coming from all over the country come together under one roof, a sort of contest is also held to determine with a blue ribbon –while qualities such as blossom quantity, color, form and texture considered- which particular one deserves the first prize; red and yellow ribbons are granted to second and third respectively.