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November 2024 monthly meeting

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...

October 2024 meeting

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,...

September 2024 monthly meeting

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...

Society members successful in BOC photo competition

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,...

June 2024 monthly meeting

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...

May 2024 meeting and Suffolk Show

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...

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 that grow in...

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...

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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January meeting report

January meeting report

This month saw a well attended meeting with more of our regular members returning after Covid worries and lockdowns. This month saw one of the best table shows we have seen in a long time, lets hope it continues. Format of the meeting was an inhouse discussion and...

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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 restarted growing...

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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.  

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