Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden organises Summer 2025 Orchid and Bromeliad Show

Orchids and bromeliads, two of the plant families most appreciated by collectors and plant lovers in Brazil, will have a joint show at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden for the first time. The Summer 2025 Orchid and Bromeliad Show will take place on 14, 15 and 16 February (Friday, Saturday and Sunday), from 8am to 5pm. Visitors will be able to admire the flowering plants, which will be on display in the Bromeliad's greenhouse, and take part in talks, courses, guided tours, a plant raffle and video screenings.

The curator of JBRJ's orchid collection, Delfina de Araujo, explains that there are orchid species blooming in every season of the year and summer is an opportunity to appreciate the beautiful blooms of native and exotic plants, as well as hybrids with their different shapes, colours and scents. Bromeliads, meanwhile, also offer a spectacle of varied shapes, sizes and colours, with some species that adapt well to the hottest season of the year.

In addition to the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden's collections, which are among the largest and most important in the country, the Orchid Castle (Roland Brooks Cooke) and Valverde nurseries are also taking part in the show. During the event, visitors will be able to buy orchids and bromeliads in various stages of growth, as well as the supplies needed to grow them and books, in the Orchid Show's sales area.

Summer Orchids and Bromeliads Show
at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden - Rua Jardim Botânico, 1008.
14th, 15th and 16th February
Visiting hours: 8am to 5pm
Exhibition: Bromeliad Greenhouse
Sales area: Orchidarium balcony.
Draw for a flowering plant among the first 100 visitors in the morning. Draw time: 12 noon

Registration for activities: directly at the tent next to the glass greenhouse.
Location of activities: meet at the tent 15 minutes before the start of the activity.
Limited places.
The activities are free (with a ticket to the arboretum).

PROGRAMME

Friday - 14 feb.

8am - Exhibition opening
9am - Talk on Bromeliads and cultivation for ex situ conservation purposes - Presentation: Bruno Rezende - Curator of the Bromeliad Collection

10am - Getting to know the Orchid Garden (guided tour) - Delfina de Araujo
11am - Video screening - Nature of Orchids - Environmental Photography - Gustavo Pedro

1pm - Video projection (non-stop) on cultivation and other information:
Replanting - Delfina de Araujo
Growing Phalaenopsis in a flat -- Fernando Setembrino
Growing micro-orchids - Roberto Martins
3pm - Cultivation course - teacher: Roland Brook Cooke
4pm - Video projection
Replanting - Delfina de Araujo
Growing Phalaenopsis in a flat -- Fernando Setembrino
Growing micro orchids -- Roberto Martins
Saturday - 15 February

Saturday - 15 feb.

8am - opening
9am to 11am - SOS Orchids, with Andrew Fogtman (agronomist and president of OrquidaRIO)
10am - Course Photographing with a mobile phone and aspects of scientific photography, with Gustavo Pedro
11am - Orchid cultivation workshop - Andrew Fogtman
12h- Guided tour - Peter Tavares - Director of OrquidaRio

1pm - Video projection - Nature of Orchids - Environmental Photography - Gustavo Pedro
1pm to 5pm - SOS Orchids
2pm - Video with presentation of photographs
Getting to know the orchid collection of the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden - Photos by Sergio Araujo
3pm - Cultivation course - Professor Roland Brook Cooke
4pm - Cultivation video
Growing Phalaenopsis in a flat - Fernando Setembrino

Sunday - 16 feb.

9am - Minicourse - Cultivation - Roland Brook Cooke
9am - Videos:
Replanting - Delfina de Araujo
Growing Phalaenopsis in a flat - Fernando Setembrino
Nature of Orchids - Environmental Photography - Gustavo Pedro
12h - Videos
Replanting - Delfina de Araujo
Growing Phalaenopsis in a flat - Fernando Setembrino
Growing micro-orchids - Roberto Martins
3pm - Presentation: Orchids from the Amazon Biome - Delfina de Araujo
4pm - Videos on cultivation