THE award-winning Gonubie Orchid Society (GOS) hosted its third judging orchid show at the weekend.
President of the society, Tracy Moss, said the show coincided with the society’s 15th anniversary this year.
Moss explained that the society hosted two shows a year – a landscape show in spring and a judging competition in autumn.
The spring show was simply for “the benefit of the public”, she said, and the society arranged the orchids into a display according to a chosen theme.
She said last year’s theme was ‘Orchids in Wonderland’.
Moss explained that, for the judging contest at the weekend, five judges who were South African Council of Orchids judges decided the winners .
She added that she and her husband were judges, but would recuse themselves for the adjudication of their own plants.
Moss said there were 15 categories, and a winner would be chosen in each category.
A grand champion and runner-up would then be chosen out of the 15 category winners.
The award-winning society last year won best display at the National Orchid Show in Rustenburg, Moss said.
“The show theme was ‘A world of orchids’, so we had a display called ‘Out of this world’,” Moss said.
“We had a globe that rotated, and then suspended the orchids as they were asteroids and stars and other bodies in space,” Moss said, adding that the national show only happened every three years.
The society president was also excited to announce that South Africa would host the World Orchid Show in South Africa in spring next year.
She said it would be the first time South Africa hosted the World Orchid Show since 1981.
“It’s like the Soccer World Cup or the Olympics – South Africa has been putting in a bid to host the show for years now, and finally it will be coming here,” Moss said.
She added that the Gonubie Orchid Society was looking forward to participating in the show, which would be hosted in Sandton in Gauteng.
She added that the World Orchid Show was only hosted every three years, so it was a special honour for South Africa to host it.
Moss said the society met monthly. A nyone was welcome to attend.
“We meet on the first Sunday of the month at 2pm at the Anglican Church Hall at St Martins,” Moss said.
She encouraged anyone to attend who wanted advice about how to grow orchids. —
Orchids steal the show in Gonubie
President of the society, Tracy Moss, said the show coincided with the society’s 15th anniversary this year.
Moss explained that the society hosted two shows a year – a landscape show in spring and a judging competition in autumn.
The spring show was simply for “the benefit of the public”, she said, and the society arranged the orchids into a display according to a chosen theme.
She said last year’s theme was ‘Orchids in Wonderland’.
Moss explained that, for the judging contest at the weekend, five judges who were South African Council of Orchids judges decided the winners .
She added that she and her husband were judges, but would recuse themselves for the adjudication of their own plants.
Moss said there were 15 categories, and a winner would be chosen in each category.
A grand champion and runner-up would then be chosen out of the 15 category winners.
The award-winning society last year won best display at the National Orchid Show in Rustenburg, Moss said.
“The show theme was ‘A world of orchids’, so we had a display called ‘Out of this world’,” Moss said.
“We had a globe that rotated, and then suspended the orchids as they were asteroids and stars and other bodies in space,” Moss said, adding that the national show only happened every three years.
The society president was also excited to announce that South Africa would host the World Orchid Show in South Africa in spring next year.
She said it would be the first time South Africa hosted the World Orchid Show since 1981.
“It’s like the Soccer World Cup or the Olympics – South Africa has been putting in a bid to host the show for years now, and finally it will be coming here,” Moss said.
She added that the Gonubie Orchid Society was looking forward to participating in the show, which would be hosted in Sandton in Gauteng.
She added that the World Orchid Show was only hosted every three years, so it was a special honour for South Africa to host it.
Moss said the society met monthly. A nyone was welcome to attend.
“We meet on the first Sunday of the month at 2pm at the Anglican Church Hall at St Martins,” Moss said.
She encouraged anyone to attend who wanted advice about how to grow orchids. —
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