The 2021 Hardy Orchid Society Photographic Competition was 2021 Competition was held on Sunday 21st November 2021 as part of the Southern Autumn Meeting at Kidlington. Thanks to Jon Evans for judging the entries and to Neil Evans who organised the competition. Details of the winners and their photographs follow:
The Maren Talbot Photographic Trophy
Gillian Elsom
for her digital image of Anacamptis morio in Class 10
Class 1: A wide area view (landscape or habitat) showing orchids in their natural environment, print size up to A4. (9 entries) |
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Second Pyramidal orchids by Patrick Marks |
Third Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Dactylorhiza praetermissa & Dactylorhiza ×grandis by Denise Harper |
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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 A4. (9 entries) |
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First Anacamptis morio by Gillian Elsom |
Second Anacamptis morio by Janet Hails |
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Class 3: A single orchid spike, print size up to A4. (11 entries) |
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First Hammarbya paludosa by Phil Smith |
Second Liparis loeselii by Janet Hails |
Third Orchis purpurea by Hilary Pickersgill |
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Class 4: A close-up of an orchid, showing one or more entire inflorescence(s), print size up to A4. (10 entries) |
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First Orchis militaris by Gillian Elsom |
Second Ophrys insectifera by David Pearce |
Third Dactylorhiza viridis by Hilary Pickersgill |
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Class 5: A close-up of an orchid showing part of an inflorescence, print size up to A4. (9 entries) |
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First Goodyera repens by Gillian Elsom |
Second Ophrys apifera by Hilary Pickersgill |
Third Epipactis palustris var. ochroleuca by Ken Elsom |
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Class 6: A group of orchids in cultivation containing at least three flower spikes. These can be all the same species/hybrid or a mixed group, print size up to A4. (no entries) |
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Class 7: A flower spike of a single orchid in cultivation, print size up to A4 . (no entries) |
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Class 8: A close-up of an orchid in cultivation, showing one or more entire inflorescence(s), print size up to A4. (no entries) |
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Class 9: A view of an area (landscape or habitat) showing orchids in their natural environment, in JPEG form. (24 entries) |
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First Goodyera repens by Chris Cater |
Second Dactylorhiza praetermissa by Elliot Hails |
Third Dactylorhiza maculata by Patrick Marks |
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Class 10: A group of orchids containing at least three flower spikes. These can be all the same species/hybrid or a mixed group, in JPEG form. (6 entries) |
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First Anacamptis morio by Gillian Elsom |
Second Anacamptis morio by Janet Hails |
Third Spiranthes spiralis by Denise Harper |
 Maren Talbot Trophy |
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Class 11: Class 11: A flower spike of a single orchid, in JPEG form. (22 entries) |
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First Dactylorhiza fuchsii by Hilary Pickersgill |
Second Dactylorhiza maculata by Gillian Elsom |
Third Epipactis purpurata by Mark Dowie |
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Class 12: A close-up of an orchid, showing one or more entire inflorescence(s), in JPEG form. (27 entries) |
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First Cypripedium calceolus by Ivar Edvinsen |
Second Dactylorhiza fuchsii by Ken Elsom |
Third Dactylorhiza maculata by Gillian Elsom |
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Class 13: A close-up of an orchid showing part of an inflorescence, in JPEG form. (26 entries) |
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First Ophrys apifera f. trollii by Hilary Pickersgill |
Second Platanthera chlorantha by Ken Elsom |
Third Himantoglossum hircinum by Carol Armstrong |
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Class 14: A group of orchids in cultivation containing at least three flower spikes. These can be all the same species/hybrid or a mixed group, in JPEG form. (2 entries) |
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First Cypripedium formosanum by Ivar Edvinsen |
Second Dactylorhiza fuchsii by Richard Laurence |
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Class 15:
A flower spike of a single orchid in cultivation, in JPEG form. |
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First Disa Kewensis by Neville Roberts |
Second Goodyera repens by Christopher Hoskin |
Third Cypripedium hybrid by Ivar Edvinsen |
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Class 16: A close-up of an orchid in cultivation, showing one or more entire inflorescence(s), in JPEG form. (2 entries) |
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First Cypripedium formosanum by Ivar Edvinsen |
Second Goodyera repens by Christopher Hoskin |
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Class 17: Novice class, any hardy orchid print, size up to A4. (2 entries) |
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First Dactylorhiza viridis by Adam Smith |
Second Orchis ×angusticruris by Denise Harper |
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Class 18: Novice class, any hardy orchid in JPEG form. (8 entries) |
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First Himantoglossum hircinum by Vincent Blood |
Second Ophrys apifera by Mark Dowie |
Third Equal Dactylorhiza incarnata by Adam Smith |
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Third Equal Dactylorhiza fuchsii by Elinor Smith |
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Class 19: A hardy orchid subject that has been manipulated creatively using any advanced software technique to create an artistic image, print size up to A4. (2 entries) |
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First Anacamptis morio by Gillian Elsom |
Second Ghosts by Moonlight by David Pearce |
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Class 20:A hardy orchid subject that has been manipulated creatively using any advanced software technique to create an artistic image, in JPEG form. (5 entries) |
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First Epipactis palustris by Gillian Elsom |
Second Cypripedium calceolus by Ivar Edvinsen |
Third Himantoglossum hircinum by Jane Daw |
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