Our first meeting of 2025 saw a PowerPoint presentation on the UK International Orchid Show put together by Chris Barker of the BOC. Having previously been part of agricultural shows at Newbury, Peterborough and Malvern the show is now part of the BBC Gardeners’ World Live Show at the NEC Birmingham. The presentation featured exhibits […]
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December is traditionally a festive meeting, with quizzes of varying difficulty, plenty of food for sharing and a chance to have a good old mardle as they say in Norfolk. This year saw a new introduction, quizzes from the British Orchid Council, cunningly put together by Iain Wright, which were shown on the large AV
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November saw our annual plant auction, always a popular event in the Society’s calendar. With fewer opportunities to obtain unusual orchid species these days the auction lots were soon knocked down. The result was many happy buyers and sellers and their commission added a useful amount to the Society’s coffers. The table show had joint
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Our President, Bryan Adams, gave his ever popular demonstration on re-potting orchids this month. One important point in the re-potting process is the elimination of the risk of transferring viruses from one plant to another and to prevent this happening Bryan uses a new pair of latex gloves for handling each plant. How many of
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Thanks to arrangements made by Helen Hoyningen-Hune we linked up with Germany, courtesy of Zoom, to enjoy a presentation on the “Diversity of Orchids in Ecuador by Frank Gohlke. We travelled the length and breadth of the country seeing many different orchids from Masdevallias to Phragmipedilum. Frank’s excellent photographs also introduced some of the fauna
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‘Tropical Orchids without the Heat’ was the topic of a very interesting talk by our guest speaker Andre Bannister. Despite the general idea that tropical orchids require a lot of warmth Andrew showed through his presentation that the key to growing orchids at lower temperatures was the elevation were the naturally occur. Those growing in
This month our Secretary, Colin Thorburn, gave an account of his visit to Taiwan where he attended the 23rd World Orchid Conference and Show. This took place at the Tainan Conference Centre. At the conference speakers from around the world presented papers on a wide range of topics, with a strong focus on ecology and
A good attendance of members was seen at the Society’s Annual General Meeting. After the reports were presented by the Secretary and Treasurer elections to the Committee took place. As our President had reached the end of his tenure Dr Bryan. The British Orchid Council Tankard for the most table show points was won by
‘Feeding Orchids – Feast or Famine’ was the title of an excellent talk by Malcolm Moody, via Zoom. Starting with water quality it was recommended that rain water be used, but check the ph is collected from a tiled roof as that could be acidic. Water should be brought to room temperature before use to
This month was an in house Plant Clinic. We must all be growing our orchids well as the only plant was a rather sickly Trichopilia suavis which on examination was diagnosed has having a virus. As these can be transmitted to other plants it was advised to be consigned to the compost heap! Chemical treatments
