
All About Orchids- The North of England Orchid Society Website
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Next Show
June 16th 2013
Largest Orchid Show in the North West, Our annual show at Tatton Park, for more details see our orchid show page
Orchid Paintings
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The above are just two images of the many Historical Paintings of Orchids awarded at our shows from the turn of the century through to the Second World War. |
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Annual Show
June 16th 2013
Each year we hold one of the largest orchid shows to be seen in the North of England, in the wonderful surroundings of Historic Tatton Park Cheshire.
With many traders selling orchids and supported by other orchid societies, its not one to missed.
For more details visit our special annual show pages.
Membership information and advantages
Membership of the Society is as involved or simple as you wish it to be, you don't have to do anything except enjoy our monthly meetings, if that's all you wish to do.
Membership costs £15.00 single, £20.00 double (for two people at the same address) or £7.50 junior and run from January each, year.
Often memberships are given as Birthday or Xmas presents, its something different, you have to admit!
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The North of England Orchid Society meets every month, somewhere in the Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside areas, for full details of meetings and venues please visit our show dates
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You can always find helpful and friendly like minded people, willing to offer advice and assistance with placing your plants for judging should you wish to do so.
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It is not necessary to participate in the judging side of things, you can simply enjoy the show, or perhaps buy another orchid at a good price from the orchid traders who attend.
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Find that hard to get orchid compost, and get advice on how to pot up your orchid plant, buy sundries, or use our extensive library of orchid books.
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Our news letters, which are sent out two or three times a year, perhaps more often if there is something we think would interest our members, will tell you what's happening in the society, and the orchid world in general.
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Meet other members at our shows, or perhaps the Xmas Buffet etc., or if you want to get more interested, we are always looking for recruits for our show teams.
If you need more information, you can contact our Membership Secretary on 01942 810958.
You can join via ordinary mail using a cheque or on line with any credit card or PayPal simply take the links below to whichever option suits you best.
Postal Membership Form -- On line Memberships and Society shop


One of our Gold Medal RHS Displays
For many years we created Gold Medal Winning Displays at the RHS Show Tatton Park....
Large Annual Orchid Show
Each year our Annual Show brings one of the largest orchid events to the North of England, Held in the Tennents Hall at Tatton Park....
World's Oldest Orchid Society?
Established in 1897, we have been giving awards to orchids since the turn of the Century, this is an image of one of the early orchid paintings, from which our badge is derived....
Catesatum pilateum
There are over 35000 species of orchid, here is one of the more unusual from the tropics, often seen at our monthly shows....
Laelia purpurata
This showy species makes a change from the usual Phalaenopsis Orchids found in the supermarkets; many specialist growers attend our shows....
Anguloa
Another species of orchid prized by the enthusiastic grower, these plants can be quite large, and are very showy...
Ophrys - The Bee Orchid
At each of our monthly shows, you will see (at the right time of the year) some fine specimens of terrestrial orchids from the temperate zones....
Dendrobium thrysiflorum
For sheer flower power you cannot beat some of the orchid species which may carry over a thousand blooms....

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