Went to the POE Preview last night... Great show, great sales area, very good wine, food was so-so, I guess you can't have everything. But I tried! First stop was Tom Perlite's Golden Gate Orchids booth, picked up a Vuyl Nova, and a Rhynchostele cordatum, next was Andy's where I pickup a Lemboglossum rossii (in spike -which was broken by the guy at the plant hotel
) and L erhenbergii. Picked up a couple different leafless orchids at Ooi Leng Sun Orchids, honestly I'm not sure if these are really even alive, we'll see. Picked up a rare Cyrtochilum species (villenorum) from Dan at Hanging Gardens. After that I went out to the show to take pictures. Sometime later I accidentally wandered back in the sales area and went by to talk to Tom. He was busy, and his (big) booth was getting sparse, that's when I discovered a nice xanthotic Oda in back of some yellow Odontocidiums. Seems everyone had overlooked it. It ended up going home with me. Pictures will have to wait, got home too late last night, didn't even have time to download them yet. Best displays were by Marni Turkel, Four Friends (Steve Beckendorf and co.), Andys, and Living Green (or something like that - orchids supplied by Tom Perlite). Good show
, anyone in the area should plan checking it out.
BTW, If you want to buy unusual stuff you HAVE to go to the preview. If you want to by Catts and Phals wait and go in the daytime. There were gorgeous Phals and Catts everywhere, and the show is very poorly lite for the preview (except for the displays that brought their own illumination).
Happens to me a lot at Shows too! 
