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Suffolk Orchid Society Annual Show 2 March 2024

Our annual Show on 2 March 2024 was an even greater success than last year's, with credit and thanks due to everyone who helped by publicising the event, bringing their plants in flower, setting up the display, admitting and caring for our visitors, providing...

February 2024 monthly meeting

Tina and Roger Loose visited us for our February 2024 meeting, to tell us about 'Orchids of Rhodes'. Tina and Roger give these talks to support 'Feedback Madagascar' (https://www.feedbackmadagascar.org/), a charity that works with some of the poorest people in...

January 2024 monthly meeting

Some of our members were unable to come to our January meeting due to an accident that blocked the A14.  Nevertheless, we were able to present a decent showing on the display tables, and it was pleasing to see four entries on the Novices table.  Although we had no...

November 2023 monthly meeting

Our meeting on 29-Nov-23 was our annual social evening; members brought food and drink to share. Many thanks to those who risked their plants in the cold weather to populate the display tables. John Beavan won the Novices table with his Aliceara (formerly Belleara)...

October 2023 monthly meeting

Andrew Bannister of Orchid Alchemy came to our meeting on 25-Oct-23 to give us a talk entitled 'Tropical Orchids Without Heat', aimed at both new and established orchid growers. In a wide-ranging presentation, he contrasted the circumstances facing orchid growers...

OSEA Autumn Show 22-Oct-23

The Society contributed a stand to the Orchid Society of East Anglia Autumn Show on 22-Oct-23. Thanks to Bill, Carol, Andy and David for contributing their fine plants to the display, and to Bill, David and Andy for setting it up.

September 2023 monthly meeting

On 27-Sep-23 we held our first monthly meeting of the new season, and subscriptions were due. We are contributing a stand to the Orchid Society of East Anglia Autumn Show on 22-Oct-23 - can members please provide any orchids that they have in flower at the time...

June 2023 monthly meeting

Our meeting on June 28 2023 included our AGM and a slideshow of orchid photos taken by the late Denis Pilcher. Paul Atkin was presented with the BOC Trophy for Best in Show at our Spring Show, and Bill Gardiner was awarded the David Barton Trophy for Best Plant on our...

May 2023 monthly meeting and Suffolk Show

There were no display tables at our May 2023 meeting, as we had all taken our plants in flower to the Suffolk Showground the previous evening to contribute to the set-up of our stand there. And it was well worth it - the stand was awarded a 'Large Gold'!  Here's a...

April 2023 monthly meeting

Phil Gould was our guest at our April meeting, to give us a talk entitled 'The Cambridge Connection' - covering his involvement in caring for the orchid collection at the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens (CBG). In a wide-ranging presentation beset with technical...

February 2023 monthly meeting

The guest speaker at our February meeting was Malcolm Moodie, who gave us a talk entitled 'Feeding Orchids: Feast or Famine?'  as well as bringing some of his own orchids for sale. In a well structured and articulate presentation based on his 30-35 years of practical...

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January 2023 monthly meeting

Our January meeting featured Bill Gardiner and other experienced orchid growers in the Society giving advice to members in respect of poorly or problem orchids that they brought in for inspection.  We also admired Andy Gissing's Angraecum sesquidipale (Darwin's...

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November 2022 monthly meeting

This was our annual social evening, sadly depleted by Covid and traffic problems.  Nevertheless, 18 members+partners managed to attend and brought a generous spread of food and drink.  We haven't previously had a guest speaker at our social evenings, but this time we...

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October 2022 monthly meeting

Twenty-one members were present for Andy Jones' interesting and informative talk on the subject of 'Growing Under Lights'.  Andy has spoken to us on this topic before, but that was about twenty years ago and things have moved on!  Not the requirements of plants though...

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September 2022 monthly meeting

Zsuzsa from Spicesotic Plants gave us an interesting and informative talk about miniature orchids both in pots and on mounts. Many were in flower but you almost needed a magnifying glass to see them, the flowers were so dainty. She explained how some orchids,...

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June 2022 monthly meeting

June 2022 monthly meeting

Mike Armstrong was the guest speaker at our June 2022 meeting, addressing us on the subject of Cattleyas.  Mike held the National Collection of Cattleyas for many years, and commercially ran Mikandra Orchids until ten years ago.  Mike described his approach to growing...

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Monthly meeting and AGM – 25 May 2022

Monthly meeting and AGM – 25 May 2022

Our May meeting started with a brief AGM, in which the Officers of the Society made their reports. A number of posts on the Committee were up for (re-)election, and all were filled by our willing Members :-). There followed another opportunity for members to bring...

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Suffolk Show 2022

Suffolk Show 2022

After three long years enduring the COVID pandemic, it was great to be able to contribute a stand to the Suffolk Show.  Fewer members than usual were able to contribute orchids in flower to the stand, but nevertheless there were enough to set up a marvellous display...

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April Meeting

This month a larger turnout of members were treated to a talk by Colin Thorburn about Sarawak and the Asia Pacific Orchid Conference that Colin had attended. He explained how Vandas and Phaleanopsis made up a lot of the displays which also featured quite a few cats...

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March monthly meeting

March monthly meeting

Although slightly down on numbers this month there was another good table display. The previous winners table was won by Paul Eaton with his well flowered Coelogyne cristata Derrie Brown c.o.m./R.H.S. He says this clone flowers well for him with a min .temperature of...

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Martlesham Heath show 2022

Martlesham Heath show 2022

On a glorious spring day we held our first show since 2019, not really sure how many people would come after Covid restrictions have been lifted. We had a good display of plants, the most notable being a beautiful Lycaste virginalis exhibited by David Kohn which won...

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February monthly meeting

Once again this month we had an excellent table display. The previous winners competition table was won by Paul Eaton with his beautiful Coelogyne Memoria William Micholitz, there were no entries on the novice table. Our speaker this month was Michael Radley talking...

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