Autumn Orchids | Exhibition & Market

🍂 This fall, orchids are blooming once again at the Franz Mayer Museum!
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As every year, together with the Mexican Orchidology Association (AMO), we present the traditional Orchid Exhibition and Sale, this time dedicated to the species that bloom during the season, many of which are endemic to states such as Mexico, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Veracruz.

This exhibition honors Franz Mayer’s passion for orchid care and collecting, a love that led him to become a founding member of the Association, and which remains alive in some of the specimens you can still admire in our central cloister.

From November 8th to 16th, we invite you to stroll through the cloister, learn more about orchid cultivation and conservation, and take part in a program of talks, activities, and workshops accompanying this year’s edition.

🎟️ Remember! Your ticket to the exhibition-sale also includes:
🖼️ General admission to the museum and its regular exhibitions, such as:
💜 Pierre et Gilles. The Construction of the Symbol
🪑 Mueble Arquitectónico II by Joselo Maderista
📸 Surreal. Rodney Smith
◾️ El humo en el espejo
🌊 Immersive experience “Manga Lab”

🌼 Saturday, November 8th
12 PM – 1 PM Presentation of the AMO 2026 calendar
By Roberto Quijano Hernández, AMO.

3 PM – 4 PM Demonstration workshop: Cultivation of the Laelia anceps genus
Led by Leonel González, AMO Cuemanco Section, Orquídeas El Centenario.

🌼 Sunday, November 9th
12 PM – 1:30 PM Demonstration workshop: How to Keep a Terrarium Alive
Led by José Santos Perusquía Chávez, Fragmentos.

1 PM – 2 PM Demonstration workshop: How to Care for Your Orchid
Led by Cristian Dorantes and Isabel Hernández.
For anyone interested in learning basic orchid care.

3 PM – 4 PM Talk: The Blooming of Peace – A Dialogue Between Orchid Cultivation and Its Representation in Eastern Culture
Led by Ana María Peralta Abdala.

🌼 Tuesday, November 11th
12 PM – 1 PM Demonstration workshop: Cultivation of the Phalaenopsis genus
Led by Leonel González, AMO Cuemanco Section, Orquídeas El Centenario.

🌼 Wednesday, November 12th
12 PM – 1 PM Talk: Cultivation of the Paphiopedilum genus
Led by José Luís Banda, Orquídeas Ajijic.

🌼 Thursday, November 13th
12 PM – 1 PM Talk: The Laelia Genus in Mexico
Led by Irvin S. Contreras Valle, Orquideario MAS-FC-UNAM.

🌼 Friday, November 14th
12 PM – 1 PM Talk: Benefits and Impact of Orchid Cultivation and Maintenance
Led by Raúl Baños Pérez, Agroinsumos IKARANI.

🌼 Saturday, November 15th
12 PM – 1 PM Book presentation: The Barkeria Genus in Mexico
By Cekouat Elim León Peralta and Eduardo A. Pérez García, Orquideario MAS-FC-UNAM.
*Book signing at the table outside the auditorium.

3 PM – 4 PM Talk: Orchid Cultivation in Bioreactors for Home Biofactories
Led by Innan Godínez García, Invitroorquid.

🌼 Sunday, November 16th
1 PM – 2:30 PM Theoretical and Practical Workshop on Orchid Cultivation
Led by Juan A. Morales and José María Lavana, Tepoztlán and Cuauhnáhuac Sections, Morelos.

General Info
📅 Dates: November 8th–16th, from 10 AM to 5 PM
📍 Location: Cloister of the Franz Mayer Museum
🕑 Choose your preferred date and time in the ticket selector
🌱 This exhibition is part of a collaborative project between the Franz Mayer Museum and the Mexican Orchidology Association
❓ You can check the FAQs here