South West Orchid Society

20/10/2026

A few photos showing a full house at our annual plant auction which we had at our monthly meeting. (plus one of my haul)
Lots of plants exchanged, hopefully to new keen hands, plus funds raised for the society.
was a great meeting, more photos to follow of our excellent display table, which we can’t wait to share with you.

16/10/2026

not far away from us if you’re in the area.

Our next meeting is this Sunday 18th October when Francis from will giving us a fascinating talk on “Experiences of Growing a Mixed Collection Indoors” which should give us loads of useful advice!
Starts at 1.30 Burnham Nurseries

13/10/2026

Blimey, i forgot to post our rosette winners for devon’s show last month. i’m sure you have all been on tender hooks awaiting the announcement, well here they are!!! congratulations to all our winners

Rosette Awards as follows.
Oncidium Bonfire (Cliff) Best in Class
Phalaenopsis Hybrid (Julie) Best in Class
Paph. Pinocchio (Sue) Best in Class
Cattleya Cherry Song ‘Chihito’ (Lyn) Best in Class
Coelogyne swaniana (Wendy) Award of Merit
Coelogyne Lyme Bay (Wendy) Award of Merit
Psychopsis papilio (Sue) Award of Merit
Paph. coccineun (Sue) Award of Merit
Phalaenopsis Arezzo (Andrew) Award of Merit
Oncidium Hybrid (Cliff) Award of Merit

random photo from our table show at this months meeting. more to follow on the next few days

20/09/2026

we’re all here at Burnham Nurseries for the Devon Orchid Society’s show, please come and support all the wonderful people and enjoy a good social!

13/09/2026

a lovely and educational talk from Spicesotic plants today at our monthly meeting. plenty in attendance with new members for us and visitors from Devon Orchid Society. lots of people left with lovely new plants and it was fantastic to have such a large social gathering. thankyou everyone who attended.
Next up we’re attending Burnham Nurseries next sunday. come see us and all the other orchid enthusiasts for a good old chit chat!

26/08/2026

The news is out!! Your next chance to see us is here!

Don’t miss our autumn show at Burnham Nurseries on 20th September

07/08/2026

GOLD 🏅🥇
Come and see our gold winning display in person, here at vivary park.

Opening times. Friday: members from 9.30am, gates open to everyone at 10.30am, closing at 6pm. Saturday: gates open at 9.30am, closing at 5pm.
look forward to meeting you all!!

06/08/2026

Psssst. Rumor has it we’re all setup for the Taunton Flower Show!!!! Make sure you pop in to see us in the flower marquee tomorrow and saturday.

18/07/2026

We’re setup and ready for a fun filled orchid festival. Love orchids come say hello and see this fantastic place for all orchid enthusiasts.

08/07/2026

Great News, we will be putting on a display at this wonderful event, hope to see everyone their!

Coming soon is our Annual Orchid Festival on 18/19 July! Always a great weekend of fun, friends and orchids!!