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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

‘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

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

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

‘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

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.

A good attendance of members at this meeting were treated to an excellent presentation  on ‘Miniature Orchids’ by Zsuzsa Seder of Spicesotic Plants. Rather than using slides Zsuzsa illustrated her talk with actual plants many

Despite a cold January night a good number of me 137 orchid generambers enjoyed a video presentation on the “Orchids of the Philippines’ by Jim Cootes, an Australian orchid expert. The Philippines cover a land