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Orchid Society of Canberra

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General Meetings of the OSC
Benching Orchids at OSC Meetings
Other OSC Events
Horticultural Society of Canberra
Events of Other Orchid Clubs

Society General Meetings

Information for new or intending members on the society and its meeting arrangements is here.

DateFeatures
Doors open from 6:00pm for setup and benching of plants, meeting commences 7:30pm.
If you have a sick plant and want advice, bring it to the meeting in a sealed plastic bag and our experts will look at it.
Venue: Ainslie Football Club, 52 Wakefield Avenue, Ainslie.
5 February
Topic: Paphiopedilums
Presenters: David Judge and Mike Pieloor
David and Mike will discuss how they grow and flower paphiopedilums.

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Benching Orchids at OSC Meetings

The Society has implemented a more structured process for benching of orchids at its general meetings.

For each plant being benched members are asked to complete a benching card identifying the class of the plant, its name and the members name, and place this with their plant in the marked area for that class.

Plant classes will be fixed for all meetings so cards can be prefilled or cards will be available for completing at the meeting.

The plant classes do not distinguish between species and hybrids and provides an additional class for novice (including junior) growers:

benching classes

In other respects the classes follow fairly closely the classifications used for our show (see Definitions 2023 show) and in Appendix 1 of our book.

Members can check their Novice/Open status for 2023 in the Member page of the website.

The benching cards can be downloaded from:

The cards allow for plant number to be entered by the marshal. An example of a completed card:

rego_example

Members have the option of voting electronically (paper forms still available). The voting form is accessed by smart phone by using the camera function to scan a QR code at the meeting.

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Other Society Events

DateEvent/Location
20,21 Sept 2025
Sat 10am-4pm
Sun 10am-3pm
Annual Spring Orchid Show
hosted by the Canberra Orchid Society
Venue: Fitzroy Pavilion
Exhibition Park In Canberra (EPIC)
Corner of Flemington Road and Northbourne Avenue
Mitchell ACT 2911
For information
The Show is being held in conjunction with the Horticultural Society Spring Bulb and Camellia Show.

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Horticultural Society of Canberra 2025

DateEvent/Location

These shows typically include a section for orchids which Orchid Society members are encouraged to support.
For latest information, see the Horticultural Society website.

tba March
Autumn Flower Show
Fitzroy Pavilion, EPIC
Show Schedule
20,21 &Sept
Spring Bulb and Camelia Show
Mallee Pavilion, EPIC
tba Oct
Iris, Rhododendron and Azalea Show
tba Nov
Spring Exhibition and Rose Show

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Events of Other Orchid Clubs 2024

Events of possible interest to Canberra members. We try to keep the information accurate but with the situation regarding COVID-19 events can be cancelled at short notice. Please advise if there are any errors. A list of all orchid show dates in NSW is on the Orchid Society of NSW website

DateEvent/Host/Location
23-25 May
Fri/Sat 9am-4pm
Sun 9am-3pm
Orchids Out West
Philip Charley Pavillion
Hawkesbury Showground
Clarendon
17-19 Oct
Fri/Sat 9:30am-4pm
Sun 9:30am-2pm
Orchids Central
Club Condell Park
178 Eldridge Rd, Bankstown

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