April 2024 monthly meeting

Our April 2024 meeting was the last before the Suffolk Show on 29/30 May. Could Members please bring plants to our stand in the Floral Tent by about 6pm on Tuesday 28 May, using the entrance down Bucklesham Road. Plants should be clean and well presented, and in black...

OSEA Spring Show 7-Apr-24

On Sunday 7-Apr-24, the Orchid Society of East Anglia held their Spring Show at The Costessey Centre, Longwater Lane, Norwich NR8 5AH.  Returning the favour they had shown us at our Show in March, several Society members contributed plants to put up a stand at their...

March 2024 monthly meeting

Our March 2024 meeting was honoured with a visit by Helen Milner, who gave us a talk on ‘Mounted Orchids’.  Starting with a general introduction to orchids and their habits of growth, she focused on epiphytic orchids and contrasted two types – those...

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...

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...