Last Sunday I finally managed to get to the Hardy Orchid Society AGM and plant show at Kidlington in Oxfordshire after five years of prevarication, procrastination, being too busy and being in the wrong country.
As I expected it was generally interesting, fun and informative interspersed by some bits which were less interesting to me at least - but the HOS is a broad church (in some respects) and covers quite a range of opinions and passions, at least those relating to orchids!
While I was there I also managed to acquire a few additions:
From Richard Manuel (who supplied the first orchids I purchased about six or seven years ago, and which perished rather quickly in the depths of my meadow...) I bought:
Anacamptis morio (Green winged orchid) - flowering size perhaps?
Epipactis palustris (Marsh Helleborine) - 2 small seedlings.
From Laneside I bought:
1 Dactylorhiza maculata (Heath spotted orchid) quite robust
1 mystery Dactylorhiza (purperella or praetermissa?)
From John Haggar
1 Gymnadenia conopsis (Fragrant orchid) hopefully flowering size
1 Dactylorhiza praetermissa (Southern Marsh orchid) flowering size
1 Dactylorhiza umbrosa - an unusual east Anatolian species so breaking my natives only rule, this way looms trouble...
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