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SARASOTA – The Sarasota Orchid Society hosted the 62nd Annual Sarasota Orchid Society Show & Sale.

More than one thousand award winning orchids were on display at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

Vendors from all around the Suncoast came to sell their orchids. The event raises money for scholarship funds and to raise awareness of the benefits of having orchids in your home.

“The plants bloom at different times of the year so you can have a garden, instant garden; forever and ever it’s endless. The fragrance the colors the textures, it’s just beautiful it’s psychological,” says Marta Hudson, President of the The Sarasota Orchid Society.

The Sarasota Orchid Society has more shows to come this year. Including the film premiere of one of their members on Jan 16th.