Please note the changes to both the participants and speakers. Nick Hinton of the Leonard Cheshire orchid project will not be with us due to the recent theft of all of the orchids. The thieves also inflicted severe damage to the Leonard Cheshire glasshouse and polytunnel.
WELSH ORCHID FESTIVAL TALKS 2019
Welcome to the Welsh Orchid Festival 2019, an event organized by the Orchid Study Group, an autonomous society established in 2005 to promote a better understanding of orchid biology, conservation and cultivation. We hope that you will enjoy this event.
For more information about the society or membership, visit www.orchidstudygroup.org.uk or phone Lynne Harrendence on 01269 498002.
Saturday, August 31st 2019
Talks and Demonstrations
AV Room – left of Main Hall |
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Gates Open 10.00am |
Orchid Sales 10.00am – 5.00pm |
11.30am – 12.00pm | Zsuzsanna Serer of Spicesotics Plants First Steps to Orchid Growing |
12.30pm – 1.00pm | Francis Quesada-Pallares of Phalaenopsis & More Orchid Culture Demonstration |
1.30pm – 2.00pm | Archie Smith of The South West Orchid Society My Top Ten Must-have Orchids |
2.30pm – 3.00pm | Trey Sanders of Orchid Botanics Cultivating Pleurothallid Orchids |
3.30pm – 4.00pm | of The Orchid Study Group The Orchids of Kenfig Burrows |
Sunday, September 1st 2019
Talks and Demonstrations AV Room – left of Main Hall |
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Gates Open 10.00am |
Orchid Sales 10.00am – 4.00pm |
11.30am – 12.00pm | Zsuzsanna Serer of Spicesotics Plants First Steps to Orchid Growing |
12.30pm – 1.00pm | Francis Quesada-Pallares of Phalaenopsis & More Orchid Culture Demonstration |
1.30pm – 2.00pm | Dr. Roy Bailey-Wood of The Orchid Study Group The Orchids of Kenfig Burrows |
2.30pm – 3.00pm | Trey Sanders of Orchid Botanics Cultivating Pleurothallid Orchids |
WELSH ORCHID FESTIVAL 2019 – NURSERIES AND PARTICIPANTS
NURSERY | COUNTRY | FURTHER INFORMATION |
Orchid Study Group | Wales | Host |
Lynda Coles | Wales | Educational exhibit. |
Burnham Nurseries |
England
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A wide range of showy orchids, both hybrids and species |
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Orchid Alchemy |
England
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Large selection of orchid seedlings |
Orchid Botanics |
England
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A range of unusual orchid species |
Phalaenopsis & More | England
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Specializing in rare Phalaenopsis species, but also a wide range of other orchid species |
Spicesotics | England | Some very unusual and seldom seen orchid species, as well as a good range of hybrids |
Devon Orchid Society |
England
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Exhibit |
Orchid Society of Great Britain |
England
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Exhibit |
Helen Millner |
England
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Educational exhibit |
Crafty Plants | England | Tillandsias, other bromeliads and companion plants for orchids |
Malcolm’s Carnivorous Plants | Wales | Not orchids, but equally interesting carnivorous plants |
Polly O’ Leary – Artist | Wales
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Award-winning botanical artist |