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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 […]

‘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

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 of which were in flower. Obvious miniatures included Masdevallias and Pleurothallids but the range extended to species such as Aerangis

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 mass of over 300,000 square kilometres and is made up of 7,641 islands, many, as Jim explained, being less than

By tradition the December meeting is our festive buffet and the chance for a good old “mardle” as they say in Norfolk. We began with welcoming two new members who are joining us and then set about answering a couple of quizzes kindly devised by Joan and Jack Butcher. As usual no-one attained a perfect

This month we welcomed two new members to our Society. Our annual Plant Auction attracted a good audience and with a wide selection of species and hybrids on offer bidding was fast and furious. This resulted in over £100 worth of sales with the commission swelling our funds and many happy buyers and sellers. We