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 centre offers you the most beautiful flowers in the world from 9 to 16 February, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., which will also last for many years with proper care. They invite you to the “Orchid Fair” in the framework of Valentine’s Day. These orchids are plants with roots, for the office or home. Orchid lovers are in for a treat.

Talk on orchid management

But in addition to acquiring them at the best prices on the market, they teach you how to care for them. The talk “Cultivation and Management of Orchids” will take place on Saturday, February 10th from 08:30 am at the same exhibition venue. For more information and to schedule an appointment, call 021 338051 or 0982 449901.

As for prices, you can buy an Oncidium orchid, popularly called the 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 because any small breeze moves its flowers as if in a dance, and its labellum resembles a dancer. Its subfamily contains about 330 species of orchids.

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