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Orchids and the RHS
 The
RHS involvement with orchids goes back to the nineteenth century,
when such names as Lindley and Veitch featured largely in
both the orchid world and the Society. The RHS Orchid Committee,
one of the oldest of the Society's specialist committees,
meets at all the Westminster Shows and at Chelsea Show.
Visitors to RHS Garden Wisley can see a rich
collection of orchids in the Singapore Airlines Orchid House.
Cultivation of orchids
Cymbidium
and Phalaenopsis
Odontoglossum
and Paphiopedilum
Registration
The RHS is International Registration Authority
for orchids, registering
all newly raised orchid grex names, and publishing regular
lists of recent registrations.
List
of new orchid hybrids
The RHS Orchid Committee
This Committee is a source of expertise for
the RHS for advice on all matters regarding orchids, both
in its internal and its external affairs. The Committee judges
all individual and group exhibits of orchids at London Flower
Shows and at other shows as appropriate. At Chelsea, it judges
only individual exhibits, the group exhibits being judged
by a Council-appointed Panel.
 Orchid
CD-ROM
The RHS in association with C & J Hermans
and Dr Henry Oakeley has produced an Orchid CD-ROM which contains:
The Hermans Index of RHS Orchid Awards 1841 - 2002;
The Hermans Subject & Author Index to The Orchid Review
1893 - 2002 and the RHS Orchids Paintings Collection.
Please note that this CD does not include Sander's
List/RHS Orchid Register.
 If
you would like to know more about the CD, please contact orchidcd@rhs.org.uk
It costs £20 plus p&p.
To
download a pdf of the order form (13KB) click here
More pages on orchids
The
Orchid Hybrid Lists from 2001
Click
here to download an Adobe Acrobat pdf (42KB) of the latest
Newsletter of the Advisory Panel on Orchid Registration (formerly
ORAC)
18th World Orchid Conference
The outline arrangements for the 18th World Orchid Conference
to be held in Dijon, in the province of Burgundy, France from
March 11-20, 2005 have been announced. The Conference will
be held in Le Palais des Congrès et Expositions de Dijon in
association with one of Europe's largest flower shows - Florissimo.
For more
information click here
The Western Australian Orchid Conference
The Western Australian Orchid Spectacular will be held at
the Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Victoria Quay, Fremantle,
Western Australia on 15 - 18 September 2005. The theme for
the conference is 'A World Of Orchids'.
For
more information click here
Further reading
The
Orchid Review, founded in 1893, is the orchid jounal
of the RHS and the oldest publication in its field. It includes
current events, RHS Awards, shows and features about cultivation
and cultivars. Also included is a separate list of the latest
orchid hybrids with each issue.
Orchids are just one topic covered by the Society's
monthly journal for members, The
Garden, and recent articles of interest are listed
below. The latest thinking from the best minds in horticulture
today is to be found in the RHS journal, The
Plantsman: some recent relevant articles are suggested
here.
Grant, M. 1999. Orchids hop the channel. The
Garden (RHS) 124(8): 572.
Greatwood J., P.F. Hunt, P.J. Cribb & J.
Stewart. 1993. Handbook on Orchid Nomenclature and Registration.
(RHS).
Griffiths, M. 1999, March. Calanthe
craze. The Garden (RHS) 124(3): 172-173.
Hermans, J. 1997. Dracula:
orchids of the shadows. The Garden (RHS) 122(2):
93-95.
Oakley, H. 2000, March. Masdevallia
on parade. The Garden (RHS) 125(3):
204-205.
Pridgeon, A. 1998, February. Gems of the forest
floor. The Garden (RHS) 123(2):
98-99. The fine foliage of jewel orchids.
Pridgeon, A. 1997. Chloraea:
the pride of Patagonia. The New Plantsman 4(4):
240-243.
Rittershausen, W. 1994, December. Fabulous moth
orchids. The Garden (RHS) 119(12):
588-590. Phalaenopsis as house plants.
Stewart, J. 1994. Ponerorchis:
alpine orchid gems from Japan. The New Plantsman
1(1): 29-35.
Stewart, J. 1994, April. Orchids for spring.
The Garden (RHS) 120(4): 189-191.
Odontoglossum and related orchids.
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