OSGB Spring Show at Wisley

The OSGB's Spring Show is just around the corner. The show will be held on Saturday 28th April in the gallery of the Glasshouse at RHS Garden Wisley, 10.30am to 4.00pm.

OSGB members and RHS garden visitors are most welcome to come along and enjoy the show which will include orchid displays and a competitive table show, along with the chance to buy plants from Chantelle Orchids. Several potting demonstrations will be held throughout the day and expert advice will be on tap.

Enjoy the sights of spring at Wisley and make the most of your day by visiting our Spring Show in the Glasshouse. We look forward to seeing you there.

Visit the OSGB Spring Show in
the Glasshouse, RHS Garden Wisley
on Saturday 28th April

Silver-Gilt medal at the LOS

Judging took place early this morning and the OSGB's display was awarded a Silver-Gilt medal by the RHS Orchid Committee. 

The display was constructed in under two days by a tireless team led for the second time by André Roux, assisted by Diana Neophytou, and contained over 100 beautiful orchids loaned by members of the Society.  Many thanks to those who contributed in a wide variety of ways, especially Val Pugh who co-ordinated the Society's effort, and all our members who visited the display.

Welcome to our new members who joined at the show, we hope to see you at our Introductory Seminar in August (see details in the May Journal). 


The OSGB's exhibit at the 2012 RHS London Orchid Show

RHS London Orchid Show

We are busy preparing for the London Orchid Show and our exhibit will feature an island paradise with a high cliff-face covered with orchids. 

Please come along and visit our stand at the RHS Lawrence Hall, Greycoat Street, London, SW1; 16-17 March, 10am-5pm (preview evening 15 March 6.30pm-8.30pm). 

Tickets available from the RHS 0845 612 1253 or on the door; day tickets are £5 for RHS members, £8 for non-members, preview tickets are £12 to include return entry on either 16 or 17 March.

Barbara Everard Interview

A charming interview with botanical artist Barbara Everard, filmed at her garden in Surrey in about 1976 and featuring a self-seeded Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Common Spotted Orchid)  is now available to view online http://youtu.be/dnjWNjeNaPA

American Orchid Society scholarship

The American Orchid Society cordially invites applications
for the AOS/Norman’s Orchids Masters Scholarship

Program
American Orchid Society Masters Scholarship recipients spend two years working on thesis projects related to orchid education, applied orchid science or other aspects of orchid-related science that lead to a Master’s degree from accredited institutions. 

Purpose
The purpose is to encourage Masters candidates to pursue orchid education, applied and fundamental research in orchids; to attract future generations of educators and scientists to orchidology; to address critical needs in orchid education.

Eligibility

The candidate’s thesis project must deal with any aspect of orchid education, applied science or orchid biology in the disciplines of physiology, molecular biology, structure, systematics, cytology, ecology or evolution.  This scholarship is limited to two consecutive years, during which the recipient will be expected to submit semiannual progress reports, due January 1 and August 1 of each year.  First refusal rights for all publications arising from work funded by the American Orchid Society will be granted to the American Orchid Society.

Identity of Awardee

All grants are awarded to the institution or organization sponsoring the applicant.  No grants are made to individuals.  Institutional indirect costs are not allowed.  No portion of an award may be deducted for this purpose.

Amount Awarded

The fixed sum of $5,000 per year will be awarded for a maximum of two years to an institution on behalf of any given individual.

Application Information

Candidates should submit a current curriculum vitae, transcripts of all college coursework, synopsis of the proposed project or research, a brief one-page statement of the value of their project and importance to the future of orchid education or orchidology, and a letter of recommendation from their chairperson.  One original application should be submitted to the address below as well as an electronic copy to the email address listed below.   Applications for the scholarship must be received by March 31, 2012 with notification of award by May 31, 2012.  Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.

American Orchid Society

16700 AOS Lane, Delray Beach, FL  33446-4351

Telephone: 561-404-2000 / Fax: 561-404-2045

email: TheAOS@aos.org / www.aos.org

Welcome to our new website

Welcome to our new-look website, launched in January 2012. If you have the old website address set as a bookmark in your browser, please reset it to the new website address: http://www.osgb.org.uk/

RHS Orchid Committee award FCC

A splendid specimen of Phragmipedium kovachii 'Trinity' was awarded a First Class Certificate (FCC) by the RHS Orchid Committee at their meeting in September 2011. The plant was grown and exhibited by the Eric Young Orchid Foundation, Jersey, which specializes in developing and maintaining a world class collection of orchids.

Phragmipedium kovachii is a recent discovery, having been found in 2001 for sale on a stall in Peru by American orchidist Michael Kovach. Its glorious, richly coloured blooms grow to a large size and it has already been used to produce interesting hybrids.

The RHS made its first award to an orchid in 184l but the first FCC was awarded in 1859 to Macodes petola. An FCC is rarely awarded and only to plants of outstanding excellence. A life-sized painting is produced of all RHS Orchid Committee awarded plants, the collection now numbering some 7,000 paintings.

John Gay, a member of the RHS Orchid Committee, has written about his experiences hunting for Phragmipedium kovachii in the December 2011 issue of The Orchid Review, 119 (1296): 234-245.

Details of all RHS awarded orchids can be found in the OSGB Journal and The Orchid Review.

Phragmipedium kovachii 'Trinity'