Suffolk Orchid Society Annual Show – 11 March 2023

Our annual Show on 11 March 2023 was a great success, 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 refreshments, running the...
David Kohn – How to beat the slugs

David Kohn – How to beat the slugs

Looking at the photo of slugs on David’s lawn I can see why he had such a problem with them!!! Here is his article explaining how he beat them, also some recent photo’s showing the excellent flowers he is producing with this system. – ­­Ever since I...
Bill Haldane’s flowering plants

Bill Haldane’s flowering plants

Bill has sent these photos in because he thinks they probably won’t last until the next meeting. Hopefully they will cheer up this dreary January, particularly his Coelogyne rochussenii which has produced another wonderful display....
Table Winners November

Table Winners November

Bill’s amazing LC Blue Angel “Glove” won the winner’s display this month. Handy hints are to grow warm all year with plenty of light. It was grown in a bark mix. Bill is taking out the moss as it retains too much moisture especially in winter....
October Table Winner

October Table Winner

We had a superb well attended meeting on the 27th October. which was made even better by the array of plants for sale Zsuzsa had brought with her from her nursery, Spicesotic Plants! there were some beauties! She gave an extremely informative talk on dendrobium...
Meeting Report

Meeting Report

It was so wonderful to meet everyone on the 29th September.  We had a great turnout to our AGM-late but eventually happened! Thanks to all who came. The main part of the meeting, election of committee members and the filling of positions, happened very quickly thanks...