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The Winter Auction will be held on Saturday, January 4th at our Cole Court venue; help us make this a highlight of the year! The Auction is a very entertaining meeting with lots of banter, enjoyed by all. It is also a good reason for getting out on, what can be, a cold and, otherwise, uninspiring day. For those who are new to this, here are a few notes on how the Auction works:


The doors will open for the meeting at 1.00 pm; plants arriving for auctioning will be registered and allocated a number. Members can bring up to 8 lots, and joint members up to 12. The plants are then placed on the auction tables.


Members who come to buy, rather than to sell, will register and be handed a personal number; any plants they buy will be assigned to that number.


The Auction will start at 2.00 pm with the plants being auctioned at random. Each plant will be held up for all to see and have a little information given about it; also, a very reasonable starting price suggested. After the sale of the final plant, a lot of arithmetic will be carried out to total up each purchaser’s spend and to ascertain each seller’s takings, not forgetting that 10% of each plant sale goes to the O.S.G.B.


The sellers expect to go home with their takings, so we try to run a cash auction as far as possible; please visit a cash point if you can before you come to the Auction. However, we will also be able to take credit/debit card payments by Zettle if you have been unable to get hold of any cash, or have brought insufficient with you!



The Auction is a fantastic means for O.S.G.B. members to ‘swap’ plants.


If you can’t grow an orchid as well as it should be grown, bring it to the Auction; you can bet that someone else would like to give it a go.


If you come to the Auction, you are sure to pick up a bargain or two; lot prices can start as low as £5.


Many of the plants auctioned in 2024 would have cost over £20 to purchase commercially, some of them much more. Also, several of the orchids seen in the 2024 Auction are now not commercially available; so, coming to the Auction gives you the chance to pick up a rarity that you may not otherwise be able to obtain.


We look forward to seeing you on the 4th!






 
 
 
Bill Gardiner's floriferous Dendrobium Hibiki
Bill Gardiner's floriferous Dendrobium Hibiki

Thank you to the members who contributed photos of their varied and beautiful orchids over the last six months – there's certainly something for everyone to admire (and to brighten the dreary winter days). The virtual ribbons have been awarded so, if you haven't visited the page recently, take a look: https://www.osgb.org.uk/table-show/july–december2024


Have a lovely festive season and an orchid-filled new year!

 
 
 

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

 
 
 

Please contact the Orchid Society of Great Britain via the Secretary:
Amy Malin, e-mail: secretary@osgb.org.uk

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