Events
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May monthly meeting
St Michael's Church Centre The Drift, MartleshamAt our May meeting, we'll be showing a recorded talk by Fred Clarke on Catasetums. This fascinating genus of orchids produces male or female flowers depending on the light level; the showy male flowers arise if you cultivate in lower light, the green but intricate female flowers if you cultivate in brighter light.
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June monthly meeting and AGM
St Michael's Church Centre The Drift, MartleshamAfter the AGM, there will be a slide show of orchids taken by the late Dennis Pilcher, an orchid specialist and photographer.
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September monthly meeting
St Michael's Church Centre The Drift, MartleshamQuestion and answer plant clinic. Bring your problem plants - we all have them! - and get advice from our experienced growers. Members' plant sale. Bring your spare plants, propagations etc., for sale, add to your collection! 10% of sale proceeds to Suffolk Orchid Society. NB Annual subscriptions are due and remain unchanged at £10. […]
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October monthly meeting
St Michael's Church Centre The Drift, MartleshamAndrew Bannister, proprietor of Orchid Alchemy, will be visiting us on 25-Oct-23 to give a talk entitled 'Tropical Orchids Without Heat'. No doubt he will also bring a selection of his stock for sale - I certainly hope so, as I've had seedlings from him in the past that have grown into truly magnificent plants. […]
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November monthly meeting
St Michael's Church Centre The Drift, MartleshamOur November 2023 monthly meeting will be our annual social event. Members are invited to bring spouses/partners and a small plate of food to share (enough for yourselves). We will be having a quiz, and the Display Tables as usual. 7pm for a 7.30pm start.
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February 2024 monthly meeting
St Michael's Church Centre The Drift, MartleshamTina Loose will be giving us a talk on 'Orchids of Rhodes'.
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Suffolk Orchid Society Spring Show
St Michael's Church Centre The Drift, MartleshamThe orchids offered in supermarkets and garden centres are a tiny sample of the tens of thousands of known species and hybrids. Our Show is an opportunity to enjoy a greater variety of the exotic forms, colours and fragrances of orchids. Orchids in flower and suitable for windowsill culture will be on sale from visiting […]
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March monthly meeting
St Michael's Church Centre The Drift, MartleshamThis month we have Dr Helen Milner ofthe British Orchid Council giving a talk on 'Growing Mounted Orchids atHome - a Practical Approach'.
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Suffolk Show
Suffolk Showground Trinity Park, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, United KingdomLook out for our stand in the floral tent at the Suffolk Show!
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May 2024 monthly meeting
St Michaels Church Centre The Drift, Martlesham, Ipswich, Suffolk, United KingdomFrancis J. Quesada-Pallares (BOC) will be giving a talk entitled '2022 Peninsular Malaysia'.