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This month the meeting began with welcoming 4 new members to the Society. The main business of the meeting was the Annual Plant Auction. In the absence of our Chairman, the job fell to our President, Colin, who was assisted by Bryan and Lorna. With a wide selection of genera on offer bidding was very […]

This month we welcomed Peter and Sue Johnson from the Cambridge O.S. who had travelled to Ecuador on two orchid hunting tours organised by the O.S.G.B and provided by Ecuagenera. They were led by Jose Portillo the company’s CEO. With the Andes running from the north to the south of the country the climate ranges

A very well attended meeting welcomed Zsuzsanna Serer from Spicesotic Plants who gave a talk on ‘Dracula and Bulbophyllum’.  These two distinct genera gave an interesting contrast, the former being cool growing species from South America and the latter being mainly found in the warmer climates of South east Asia. The genus Dracula, commonly known

The topic of our August meeting was ‘Judging Orchids’, led by Bryan and Colin who are both British Orchid Council accredited judges. The evening began with an introduction to the judging procedures and what criteria to apply when assessing a plant.  The members were then invited to judge a table of 8 mixed orchids that

Since Covid 19 our customary events such as plant auctions, plant clinics and social meetings have been moved around a bit. This month saw the annual social evening, which normally takes place in January. However this did not spoil our enjoyment of the evening. Our chairman Min provided us with her usual devilish quizzes that