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NEWS David Kohn has won the BOC photo competition for a second year! The winning photo is included in the gallery on the right. The date for our 'Garden Party' is 20-Jul-25. Our Chair, Bill Gardiner, again asked for volunteers to help with our Spring Show on Saturday...

News items for our meeting on 26-Feb-25 were: Our visit to Henstead Exotic Gardens will now be on Saturday 13 September 2025. No transport has been arranged (it's too expensive), so we will arrange car shares as required nearer the time. There will be a guided tour...

News items at our meeting on 29-Jan-25 included: the deadline for voting in the BOC photo competition is this weekend (2-Feb); a renewed appeal for a person or group to manage the catering on our Show day (29-Mar-25); the next meeting will include a video link with...

Our annual social event, with guests The Rum Old Boys, was on 27 November. More people came than to any of our meetings ever before (so far as I can remember - I'm happy to be corrected!) and included relatives of the late Steve Wright, our former Show Secretary; they...

Our returning guest at our meeting on 30-Oct-24 was Simon Tarrant of the Hardy Orchid Society, who gave us a talk entitled 'Balkan Orchid Adventures'. This was an account of tours he has taken to the Balkans in Spring and Summer, visiting Bosnia-Herzegovina,...

Colin Thorburn (President of the Orchid Society of East Anglia) was our guest at our September 2024 meeting and gave a talk on the 23rd World Orchid Conference.  This triennial event took place in Taiwan and lasted 16 days - from 24-Feb-24 to 10-Mar-24.  It was spread...

At our meeting on 25-Sep-24, we received the news that one of our members, David Kohn, had come first in the British Orchid Council's 2024 Photo Competition, and another, Phil Broom, had come third!  This is obviously an excellent result for Suffolk Orchid Society,...

Our meeting on 26-Jun-24 was the Society's Annual General Meeting, in which the main business was to hear the reports of the Society's officers and the election or re-election of the Committee. Andy Gissing was presented with both the BOC Cup for the best orchid at...

There were no display tables at our May 2024 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 – not only was the stand awarded a ‘Large Gold’, it...

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...

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...

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 that grow in...