Coming Orchid Events

Society General Meetings

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

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:

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 - pdf format
• the benching cards - word format

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

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.

Other Society Events

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