The 2016 Hardy Orchid Society Photographic Competition was held during the Autumn Meeting in Kidlington on Sunday, 20th November. Thanks to Jon Evans for judging the entries and to Steve Pickersgill & Neil Evans, the HOS members who organised the show. Details of the winners and their photographs follow:
A .pdf file with a summary of the results can be downloaded here
The Maren Talbot Photographic Trophy
Mike Waller for this image of Epipactis leptochila entered in Class 13
Results of the Hardy Orchid Society Photographic Competition 2016
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Class 1: A wide area view (landscape or habitat) showing orchids in their natural environment, print size up to 7x5 inches. (16 entries)
First |
Second Anacamptis pyramidalis by David Pearce |
Third Anacamptis morio by Sandra Clements |
Class 2: A group of at least three orchid plants. These can be all the same species/hybrid or a mixed group, print size up to 7x5 inches. (16 entries)
First |
Second Ophrys tenthredinifera by Karen Gregory |
Third Platanthera dilatata by David Hughes |
Class 3: A single orchid plant, usually the single stem arising from one tuber, print size up to 7x5 inches.
(15 entries)
First |
Second |
Third |
Class 4: A close-up of an orchid, showing one or more entire inflorescence(s), print size up to 7×5 inches.
(18 entries)
First Goodyera repens by Gillian Elsom |
Second |
Third |
Class 5: A close-up of an orchid showing part of an inflorescence, print size up to 7×5 inches. (16 entries)
First |
Second Epipactis palustris by Ken Elsom |
Third Platanthera chlorantha by Steve Clements |
Class 6: A wide area view (landscape or habitat) showing orchids in their natural environment,
print size up to A4. (16 entries)
First |
Second Dactylorhiza fuchsii by Neville Henderson |
Third Anacamptis pyramidalis by Sandra Clements |
Class 7: A group of at least three orchid plants. These can be all the same species/hybrid or a mixed group, print size up to A4. (19 entries)
First |
Second |
Third |
Class 8: A single orchid plant, usually the single stem arising from one tuber, print size up to A4.
(18 entries)
First |
Second Cypripedium calceolus by Karen Gregory |
Third |
Class 9: A close-up of an orchid, showing one or more entire inflorescence(s), print size up to A4.
(19 entries)
First |
Second |
Third |
Class 10: A close-up of an orchid showing part of an inflorescence, print size up to A4.
(19 entries)
First |
Second Serapias lingua by Gillian Elsom |
Third Equal |
Third Equal |
Class 11: A wide area view (landscape or habitat) showing orchids in their natural environment
in jpeg form. (16 entries)
First |
Second |
Third |
Class 12: A group of at least three orchid plants. These can be all the same species/hybrid or a mixed group in jpeg form. (22 entries)
First Orchis anthropophora & Orchis italica by Ivar Edvinsen |
Second |
Third Neottia nidus-avis by Karen Gregory |
Class 13: A single orchid plant, usually the single stem arising from one tuber
in jpeg form. (23 entries)
First Epipactis leptochila by Michael Waller Maren Talbot Trophy |
Second Limodorum abortivum var. rubrum by Hilary Pickersgill |
Third Spiranthes spiralis by James Langiewicz |
Class 14: A close-up of an orchid, showing one or more entire inflorescence(s), in jpeg form. (27 entries)
First |
Second |
Third |
Class 15: A close-up of an orchid showing part of an inflorescence, in jpeg form. (24 entries)
First |
Second |
Third |
Class 16: Novice class, any hardy orchid print, size up to A4. (4 entries)
First Ophrys bombyliflora by Sandra Clements |
Second Dactylorhiza maculata by David Livermore |
Third |
Class 17: A hardy orchid subject that has been manipulated using any advanced software technique to create an artistic image. Print size up to A4. (4 entries)
First “Lizard Orchid” by Alan Blackman |
Second Anacamptis pyramidalis var. albiflora by Gillian Elsom |
Third |