CANWOS
Welcome to the Cheshire and North Wales Orchid Society website !
We are a group of enthusiasts who meet to share our enjoyment of
orchids.
Membership is open to anyone who is interested.
Beginners are very welcome!
Web site last update -
15th February 2021
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COVID-19 Update
Although all physical meetings of the Society have been cancelled since the March 2020 lockdown, we are
holding Zoom meetings for the immediate future.
Our meetings are not restricted to Society members. Members of the public are welcome to attend - please request the link details by using the
Contact Us facility.
We are continuing to run a society wide, moderated blog for members and supporters, accessed via the menu
page button ☰ in the top left corner of this screen.
Please use the Contact Us facility to enter photographs, comments and perhaps very short articles to the blog.
Update email dated
15th February 2021
Hello
everyone
Our next
meeting will be on Friday 19th February by Zoom.
The main
event will be a talk by Andy Jones on ‘Growing orchids under Lights’. Andy is
a Professor in Public Health, University of East Anglia and given the journey time
would not be able to travel over to speak to us. Eric Reilly from Cornwall OS,
of whom more below, commented :
“Finally, if you missed Prof Andy
Jones talk on lighting or fancy a refresher, I would thoroughly recommend
it. It is the simplest and clearest explanation of the subject that I
have read or heard.”
This will
be followed by a virtual plant table / discussion. Please bring a selection of
yours into camera range.
The virtual
Waiting Room will be open from
7pm, the Meeting Room from 7.15pm and the meeting proper will start at 7.30pm.
It would be useful if you would let me know if you are going to attend this
meeting – but not essential.
If you
have any problem joining a meeting, please call me on my mobile number
immediately. I do not want you to miss out!
We may
have a few new faces at our February meeting. I have received two enquiries about
joining from local people and a general enquiry from Eric Reilly of Cornwall
Orchid Society, who is anything but local! We now have an agreement of
reciprocal access to each other’s Zoom meetings. Look at their web site at https://cornwallorchidsociety.com/
and use the Contact facility (click on the menu symbol shown top right of the main
page) to request a link from Eric. He may want GDRP permission and security information
from you. They have some interesting overseas lecturers arranged!
In the
meantime, all I can do is encourage you to look after yourselves carefully,
to look after your orchids attentively and just keep taking the
photographs! I am, as always, in the process of putting up a new edition
of the Blog (see this via www.canwos.org.uk and the menu page button ☰ in the top left corner of the
screen) and I welcome your photographs, comments and any stories however
loosely connected to orchids that you wish to share.
Very best
wishes and Keep Safe
iain
Iain
Wright
Public Contact CANWOS
Programme 2020/2021
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2020
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Friday 16th October
by Zoom
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A brief AGM
+ a virtual Plant Table
+
Internet Facilities for Orchid Growers
Iain Wright
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Friday 20th November
by Zoom
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Dendrobiums of Northern Queensland
Saul Walker
+ a virtual Plant Table
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Friday 18th December
by Zoom
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Orchids round the Mediterranean
Celia Wright
+ a virtual Plant Table
+ a glass of something together
as a small Celebration of Christmas
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2021
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Friday 15th January
by Zoom
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Orchid Hunting in Sumatra’s Cloud Forest
Trey Sanders + a virtual Plant Table
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Friday 19th February
by Zoom
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Growing Orchids under Lights
Andy Jones + a virtual Plant Table
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Friday 19th March
by Zoom
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James Bateman, 40 Orchids of Mexico & Guatemala
Michael Radley + a virtual Plant Table
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Friday 16th April
by Zoom
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Growing Orchids in a Terranium and the story of how the Wardian Case changed the world.
Helen Millner + a virtual Plant Table
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Friday 21th May
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To be confirmed
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Friday 18st June
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To be confirmed
Possible field trip
Date may vary
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Friday 17th September
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The AGM
with other delights
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Meetings
We meet at St Mary's Church Hall, Handbridge, Chester CH4 7HL,
usually on the third Friday of the month but not in
December, July or August. The Hall is open from 7.00pm.
Members are encouraged to bring their plants in flower to each
meeting. There is a wealth of information within the Society and it is our tradition
that this is shared freely amongst members.
We send an email to all our members about ten days before our
regular meetings, to remind them what is on and to pass on other
information. We are happy to send these to non-members and
potential visitors - please use the index tab (☰) to reach the 'Contact Us'
section.
At most meetings there is a raffle. Members often donate orchid
plants. Refreshments such as tea and coffee are available during
the evening, usually immediately after the speaker.
We have a library that contains many books suitable for both
beginners and experts. Members can borrow books for one month and
can browse the reference books, which cannot be loaned out.
Plants & Auction
At meetings where plants are not for sale by the evening's speaker, members may offer
their own orchid plants for sale. A 20% seller's premium is
levied and donated to the Society.
Each year we hold an auction where members buy and sell plants.
Typically, about eighty plants are sold each year, usually at very
advantageous prices. A seller's and buyer's premium operates (10%
for each) and the proceeds are donated to the Society. This is an
excellent way to extend a collection and try new types of orchid.
Membership
The annual subscription is currently £12. We no longer offer double
or family membership. Subscriptions are normally paid to the
Membership Secretary at or just after the October meeting.
Charitable Status
CANWOS registered with the the Charity Commission in 1993 but
surrendered its registration in 2011. It is now a "Charity
exempt from the need to register". Tax paying members can still
benefit the Society by making a Gift Aid declaration. Details can be
obtained from the Treasurer at any of the meetings.
Membership & Affiliation
The Society is a member of the British Orchid Council (BOC) and sends
two representatives to its meetings. CANWOS is affiliated to the
Royal Horticultural Society and members can use some of the benefits
available.
Constitution
A copy of our present Constitution is available for downloading by
clicking on "CANWOS Constitution.pdf
". This was revised at our 2012 AGM.
Some useful links
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British
Orchid Council
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Our national organisation for orchid growing. There are lots of
links here to other orchid societies around the country.
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Orchid
Photographs
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If you like orchid pictures, this site is a good place to
start. If you like orchid species pictures, then ...
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Jay Pfahl's Orchid
Photographs
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... this is the place for you. Work down through the preamble
and finally reach over 17,158 orchids.
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The International Orchid Register
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Search the database of registered hybrids.
Use full or partial names to identify parents and children of a
grex.
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Orchid History
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Ron Rigby's site with lots of information on the history of
orchid growing is currently being converted to run on this site. It will be back soon.
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Where We Meet
We use the hall just behind St Mary's Church on Overleigh Road,
just South of the River Dee.
The post code for the Church is CH4 7HL.
View Google Map
The church is an imposing building and easily spotted, whether you
approach from the city center by way of the old bridge ...
... or from the west by way of the new bridge or the Wrexham road
/ A55 junction.
The hall is directly behind the church and hardly visible from the
road.
Go down the driveway between a telephone kiosk and the church
itself and turn right.
