Talks and workshops at our Spring Show next weekend. Join us at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd March. Free entry and open to the public.

Join us on the March 1st weekend for our Spring Show and Exhibition at The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. Table Show, orchid display, exhibition of botanical art and talks. Open to the public, free entry. 12-4pm Sat, 10-3pm Sun.

The colours of this Paphiopedilum venustum just get stronger and deeper the longer it’s open

Just opening now, Paphiopedilum delenatii var album. This wastes no time in opening! It opens while the stalk still grows. #orchids

Paphiopedilum venustum is back in flower and full of character. #Orchids This species has wonderfully mottled leaves like jungle kaki.

Paph. Ice Age #ChristmasOrchids

Christmas Raffle ends soon: There is only one day left to enter our Christmas Raffle of botanical art and rare books. Tickets are only €5 each and the raffle is open to the public everywhere.

#orchids #BotanicalArt #RareBooks

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This complex Paph hybrid (American) produces enormous flowers of the highest quality every year. It’s just stunning! #orchids

Win this in our Christmas Raffle. A limited edition print number 24/50 signed by the artist. Dactylorhiza kerryensis by Susan Sex. Mounted and framed. Susan is one of Ireland’s most celebrated living botanical artists. Tickets can purchased here: www.irishorchidsociety.org/art-rare-boo...

This is one of four prizes in our Christmas Raffle, tickets are €5 each and can be purchased online through this link: www.irishorchidsociety.org/art-rare-boo...

Masdevallia aurea, this diminutive epiphyte is native to Ecuador and specifically the south eastern Morona-Santiago province. Found growing at elevations of 1,000 to 1,700 metres in the wet tropic biome. Aurea is Latin for golden. This cespitose species grows only to about 6cm high.

Paphiopedilum wenshanense x vietnamense (Paph. Eddy Wets) #MembersCollection #Orchids First flowering.

Some #Cattleya Alliance hybrids in flower over the past few years. #orchids

Just starting to open. This is a first flowering of a recent cross of Paph. wenshanense x vietnamense. It’s a primary hybrid, why not one made before? Well Paph. vietnamense was only discovered in 1997, and Paphiopedilum wenshanense was only described in 2000. A very exciting week for me!

Sometimes the anticipation is the key! Waiting on the #orchids to bloom is a full time occupation.

Masdevallia Sun Dancer x decumana in flower again. Very pretty art shading colours and speckles on this one. #Orchids

Neomoorea wallisii is the emblem of the Irish Orchid Society and the genus is named after Sir Frederick Moore who first gain international recognition for orchid cultivation in Ireland.