A McKee Secret is About to Bloom
- Vero Minute
- 6 hours ago
- 1 min read
Something special is being unveiled at McKee Botanical Garden during this weekend's second annual Rare & Exotic Orchid Exhibition & Sale! And you can be among the first to hear about it -- before anyone else.
Fill out this form to sign up for the early reveal before the gates open!
The secret drops alongside the Orchid Sale, running Saturday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. McKee members can enter early at 8 a.m. Saturday for an exclusive preview.
Featured speakers
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.: Francisco Miranda of Miranda Orchids, a Brazilian-born orchid researcher, grower, author, and conservation-tour leader.
Sunday, 10 a.m.: Luis Ortiz Jordan, McKee’s Orchid Collection Curator, whose orchid career spans more than 25 years and includes a Puerto Rican species named in his honor.
Exhibition and sale
The weekend includes a judged orchid show sanctioned by the American Orchid Society and Vero Beach Orchid Society, orchids for sale from Krull-Smith, Odom’s Orchids, Francisco Miranda Orchids, Quest Orchids, and Mac Orchids, and Florida craft artisans.
McKee’s orchid collection recently received four American Orchid Society Awards, including an Award of Merit for its Cattleya measuresiana.
Tickets are available at McKeeGarden.org.
