The 5th Shandong Provincial Flower Expo hosts a special orchid exhibition
Golden Silk Horse Tail (Jinsi Mawei) is the foremost traditional fine variety of the plain-heart (Suxin) leaf-art form of the Jianlan orchid (Cymbidium ensifolium) variant. Its leaves are broad and thick, with slightly curled leaf tips and a pendulous leaf posture, displaying the yellow-centered striped (Sanguang striped) art pattern. The Linghai Lanyan says: on both sides of the leaf and beside the central vein and side veins, there are altogether five strands of golden silk running from tip to base. This is what Japan calls yellow-centered striped. "Golden" refers to the golden-yellow color of the leaf's linear art pattern; "silk...
Invitation Letter
To all orchid association organizations:
Dear orchid friends:
The 5th Shandong Provincial Flower Expo (hereinafter referred to as the "5th Expo"), hosted by the Shandong Provincial People's Government, will be held from September 28 to October 8, 2012 at the Zaozhuang Tengzhou Convention and Exhibition Center. The "5th Expo" is the highest-level, largest-scale, most content-rich, most attended and most far-reaching flower event in the province. Entrusted by the "5th Expo" Organizing Committee, the Shandong Provincial Orchid Association is responsible for the orchid special exhibition of the "5th Expo". In accordance with the requirements of the Organizing Committee and in light of the actual situation of the "5th Expo", in order to successfully complete the task of the orchid special exhibition of the "5th Expo", relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:
1. Scope of exhibitor recruitment. Orchid friends at home and abroad are welcome to come and exhibit, exchange and guide (no booth fee is charged). For orchid association organizations and orchid friends within the province (including operators from other provinces and cities operating within the province), for every 25 qualified exhibits provided, the conference will uniformly arrange food and accommodation for one person; for orchid friends from other provinces and cities, for every 20 qualified exhibits provided, the conference will uniformly arrange food and accommodation for one person.
2. Exhibit requirements. Exhibits must be robust in growth; leaf-art varieties must be two plants joined together with no fewer than five leaves; flower-art varieties must bear flowers. Those with neither art pattern nor flowers but with particularly luxuriant growth shall be treated as qualified exhibits, but shall not be judged for awards.
3. Exhibition tasks. For the orchid special exhibition of the "5th Expo", the collection of exhibits follows the principle of more from nearby and fewer from afar, and the exhibition duration follows the principle of shorter for distant and longer for nearby. The reference quantities for orchid association organizations within the province are as follows:
The Qingdao and Qingzhou Orchid Associations each 80-100 pots; the Jinan Railway Bureau, Yantai, Linyi, Tai'an, Laiwu, Zibo Orchid Association, Zibo Orchid Society and the Zaozhuang Orchid Association Preparatory Group each exhibit 50 pots; the Weihai City, Weishan County Orchid Association Preparatory Group, Laiyang City, Linqu County, Boshan District Orchid Association, Changqing District Agricultural Research Institute, Qilu Orchid Garden, and Rizhao Yasheng Guolan Co., Ltd. each exhibit 25 pots.
4. Award settings. The orchid special exhibition of the "5th Expo" sets two Special Awards, each with a cash prize of 1000 yuan; 10 Gold Awards, each with a cash prize of 500 yuan; 20 Silver Awards, each with a cash prize of 300 yuan; 30 Bronze Awards, each with a cash prize of 100 yuan; in addition, 3 Organization Awards and 3 New Achievement Awards, each with a cash prize of 500 yuan.
5. Several requirements: 1. In view of the fact that the exhibition period falls in the off-season for flowering, all orchid association organizations and orchid friends are expected to promptly make preparations for participating in the exhibition. 2. Exhibitors shall register and set up their displays on September 27; orchid friends from other provinces and cities may withdraw their exhibits after National Day; exhibitors from within the province shall in principle withdraw their exhibits on October 8. 3. Those who cannot provide exhibits as required or cannot withdraw their exhibits at the prescribed time shall bear all expenses themselves.
Shandong Provincial Orchid Association, July 28, 2012
Duty telephone: 0531-81901228 13335108679