Orchid Freestyle Flower Arrangement Winners at the 69th Mid-Year Orchid and Garden Show

Hardin ng mga Bulaklak ( Flower Garden) , Quezon Memorial Circle,Quezon City- Philippines

The Philippine Orchid Society together with Floral Designer’s Circle of the Philippines organized an orchid flower arrangement competition at the ongoing orchid show . This will give some refreshing ideas on new trends in flower arrangements.

Dendrobium orchid with flowers

This is a very simple flower arrangement in which anyone can personally arrange them using just 1 pot of Dendrobium orchid, small pebbles and tillandsia

Rhynchostylis praemorsa with native fan

This is a local foxtail orchid which had its blooming season during this time of the year mounted on a kakawate tree with variegated leaves and  Dischidia oiantha ( Manaog ka Irog) with simple native fan and ordinary bottle covered in green paper and placed in a water hyacinth mat

 L- R Mrs. Luz Santa Ana ,Mr. Oscar Villanueva , Dr. Elenita Binay ( center )  together with Ms. Dory Fadriquela

Using live flowering plants and orchids is the growing trend in flower arrangement

Third place

There are 3 winners who shared the third place, Mr. Rene Sumalinog Ms. Lita Dizon and Ms. Dhory Alvendia

Third Place – Ms. Dhory Alvendia

There were over 2 dozen entries at the orchid flower arrangement competition

Second place – Ms. Miles Hilario

She used Doritis pulcherrima variety champorensis

First Place – Mr. Micheal Andres far left with throphy

Mr. Micheal Andres is a last minute entrant to the competition. It was until the final hour that he was convinced into joining the orchid flower arrangement competition .

First Place

Aside from the BLUE ribbon, He also won a throphy , bragging rights and Php 2,000 cash