Variety Of Orchids Available At Auction

The largest orchid auction in the Mid- Atlantic region is scheduled for Oct. 9 at the Colts Neck Fire House No. 1, Route 537, Colts Neck. The auction will begin at 10 a.m. Doors will open at 9 a.m. for a preview.

Sponsored by the Deep Cut Orchid Society, the auction will feature more than 400 prime orchids. Some of the area’s most successful growers are donating plants. There will also be orchids from growers in Hawaii, California and Florida.

Covering central and southern New Jersey, the Deep Cut Orchid Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the education of orchids and the growing of orchids. All money raised at the auction is used to bring in orchid experts as speakers at the society’s monthly meetings.

Faye Arnett, Deep Cut Orchid Society president, and Dennis Dayan, former president, said many orchid flowers last for weeks. Most other flowers last for a short period of time, and then they die.

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