Don’t know what to give this Valentine’s Day?

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, together with the Taiwan International Cooperation Fund, maintains the Orchid Exhibition and Sales Center at Km. 11 of the Mariscal Estigarribia Route, in front of the UNA Campus.

This Flower Center offers you from February 9 to 16, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., the most beautiful flowers in the world that will also last for many years with proper care. They invite you to the “Orchid Fair” as part of Valentine’s Day. These orchids are plants with roots, for the office or home. Orchidophiles are in luck.

Orchid management talk

But in addition to acquiring them with the best prices on the market, they teach you how to take care of them. The talk “Cultivation and Management of Orchids” will take place on Saturday, February 10 from 8:30 a.m. at the same exhibition location. Scheduling and information at 021 338051 or 0982 449901.

As for prices, you can purchase an Oncidium orchid, popularly called dancing lady or ballerina, from Gs. 25,000 and you have other premium, exclusive varieties, up to 300 thousand. Prices vary according to the rarity of the species. But the variety is wide, in terms of colors, sizes and prices.

Oncidium is the genus of orchids also called the dancing lady since any small breeze moves its flowers as if in a dance, and its lip resembles a dancer. Its subfamily contains about 330 species of orchids.

Additionally, with your purchase, you will be contributing to the well-being of hundreds of flower growing families in the Central and Cordillera departments.