OSGB Annual Photo Competition and Christmas Social

Our next Orchid Society of Great Britain meeting is the OSGB Annual Photo Competition and Christmas Social from 1pm until 4.30pm on Sat-30-Nov-2024 at the small room, Cole Court, 150 London Road, Twickenham, TW1 1HD.

The festive season will begin with many prizes to be won. The coveted OSGB Christmas hamper has been restocked and is waiting to be won. Wearing Christmas decorations may help you win a prize.

Details of the photographic competition are listed in the Annual Supplement and on the website. Postal entries are welcome. Doors open at 13.00 for set-up of the photographic competition. Meeting starts at 13.30.

You are welcome to bring your plants for the orchid display table. Further details of the event can be found here.

Don't miss the last face to face event of the year!

Our Programme Secretary, Michael Radley has put together a fun Orchid Quiz for the Orchid Society of Great Britain Zoom Meeting on Sat-14-Dec-2024 at 10.45am on Zoom. We hope to see you there!

Thank you to our OSGB Chairman, Jenny Thompson, for allowing us to use her photographs from the last year's Christmas Photo competition.

OSGB membership makes the perfect Christmas gift for orchid lovers. OSGB membership (starting in January 2025 and running through until the end of December 2025) can be ordered online now, ready for Christmas.

OSGB members receive our fantastic quarterly colour magazine, The Journal (the only orchid magazine in the UK). The Journal is delivered to OSGB members' homes and enjoyed by members in the UK and overseas. We also have previous copies of The Journal available for OSGB members to read online (find them in the Members' Zone) on the OSGB website.

We offer reduced price membership for members under 21, single person's membership, and family memberships. Find out more and order your membership online on the Orchid Society of Great Britain's website, here's a link: https://www.osgb.org.uk/subscriptions

The Trophy Winners from the OSGB Autumn Show at Wraysbury

Thank you to everyone who visited the Orchid Society of Great Britain's Autumn Orchid Show in November.

We'd like to say a special thank you to everyone who entered their beautiful orchids in our show!

Congratulations to all our winners but well done to everyone that entered and thank you for everyone who came to see us.

The Trophy Winners from the Autumn Show at Wraysbury:

• Fernhill Trophy for Best Laeliinae: Linda van der Wel with Brassocattleya Wonder Star

• Wyld Court Cup for Best Cymbidium : Burnham’s Nursery with a Cymbidium hybrid

• Anne Rutter Trophy for Best Paphiopedilum: Daniel Buckley with Paphiopedilum Dollgoldi

• Phalaenopsis Trophy for Best Phalaenopsis: Linda van der Wel with Phalaenopsis equestris coerulea

• Jo Kelleher Painting for Best Pleurothallidinae: Dr. Stuart Meeson with Platystele stenostachya

• Dusha Hayes Trophy for 3 Pleurothallidinae : Malcolm Moodie with 3 Masdevallias

• Schroeder Trophy for a Group of Orchids: Dr. Stuart Meeson

• RHS Banksian Medal for the most 1 st , 2 nd & 3 rd rosettes: Michael Radley

• Sander’s Trophy for Best Species: Jason Baran with Bulbophyllum markoyanum

• Len Page Trophy for Best in Show: Daniel Buckley with Paphiopedilum Dollgoldi

Thank you to our OSGB President, Dr. Helen Millner for allowing us to use her Trophy winners photographs from the show.

OSGB Autumn Show in Wraysbury!

The Orchid Society of Great Britain would like to invite you to our Autumn Orchid Show on Saturday 2nd November 2024 at Wraysbury Village Hall, The Green, Wraysbury, Staines, TW19 5NA.

Come and join us and admire beautiful orchids on display, with cups and rosettes awarded to the best plants.

Burnham Nurseries will be selling orchids and sundries will be available from Peter White.

If you'd like to enter your orchids, set-up for this show is from 8:30am until 10am.

Orchid entries in place from 8:30am, ready for judging by 11am. Please collect your plants by 4:30pm.

The Show is open to the public from 11am until 4pm and there's free entry for everyone

- we hope to see you there!