Orchid Shows & Events Calendar 2026
Wherever you find yourself in 2026 — whether it’s a world-class exhibition hall or a conservatory greenhouse with steamed-up glass and winter light — this orchid event calendar gives you a starting point, a way for growers, travelers, buyers, exhibitors, and the newly curious to plan the year with something to look forward to each month. The rest is simply the adventure of showing up.
Happy planning — and even happier blooming.
January opens the orchid year gently but confidently. The season begins January 9–11 in Florida with the Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society Show in Fort Lauderdale. A couple of weeks later, on January 24–25, orchids take over the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory during the Winter Carnival Orchid Show in St. Paul, Minnesota.
February is where things suddenly become lively. Starting February 7 and running through April 26, New York Botanical Garden hosts its annual NYBG Orchid Show — a long-format blockbuster that many orchid lovers treat almost like a pilgrimage. Then, at Chicago Botanic Garden, the annual Orchid Show runs roughly February 8–March 23, alongside themed weekends and collector markets. Missouri Botanical Garden joins the rhythm with Orchid Nights on February 5 and February 19. Toward the end of the month, February 20–22, the Naples Orchid Show brightens Naples Botanical Garden with judging, vendors, and strong community energy. And across the Atlantic, from February 14–March 1, orchids become part of the Riviera winter tradition during the Orchid & Winter Garden Exhibition in Menton, France.
March is the global peak — the moment when orchid lovers start choosing carefully because everything feels like it happens at once. From March 13–15, Wisley in Surrey hosts the RHS Orchid Show, while at the very same time across the ocean the Atlanta Orchid Show opens at Atlanta Botanical Garden. Just one week later comes the crown jewel: the 24th World Orchid Conference in Dresden, Germany, running March 26–29, bringing nurseries, researchers, judges, and societies from around the world. That same weekend, from March 27–29, Pennsylvania becomes another orchid hub during the SEPOS International Orchid Show.
April serves as the soft landing after the intensity of March. The NYBG Orchid Show continues until April 26, giving anyone who missed early spring events one final window. Chicago’s long-running exhibition wraps earlier in the month, and many societies use April for one-day or regional shows that will be announced closer to date.
June brings a different kind of orchid fun — not standalone exhibitions but orchids embedded into large horticultural environments. The highlight here is usually in Birmingham, England, when The International Orchid Show at BBC Gardeners’ World Live returns — typically mid-June, with final dates confirming in spring.
Summer tends to quiet down into open greenhouse days, lectures, and growing rather than exhibiting. Orchid lovers shift from “buying and showing” to “watering and repotting.” It’s a peaceful stretch in the calendar, a pause that feels earned.
Autumn will almost certainly fill with additional society shows and regional weekends as organizations finalize dates. Those entries will get confirmed and slotted into this calendar as registration and judging schedules are announced.