Go to Home Page                                                                    Go to Plant Show Page The 2014 HOS Plant Show was held during the Spring Meeting at Kidlington on 30th March. Photographs of the first placed plants follow. Enlarged images can be viewed by placing cursor over the thumbnails. You may need to wait for this function to fully load after the page is visible. The full results list can be viewed as a .pdf by clicking here
Class 1: Three pots British orchids, distinct varieties Neil Hubbard Anacamptis morio, Orchis anthropophora & Ophrys sphegodes
Anacamptis morio Best in Show		Orchis anthropophora
Class 2: Three pots native European (not native to Britain) orchids, distinct varieties Barry Tattersall
Serapias neglecta	Ophrys cretensis	Anacamptis longicornu

Class 3: Three pots non-European hardy orchids, distinct varieties Barry Tattersall
Anacamptis morio	Serapias levantina	Ophrys reinholdii

Class 4: Three pots hardy orchids, distinct varieties, any country of origin Barry Tattersall
Ophrys picta	Anacamptis boryi	Serapias bergonii

Class 5: One pot native British orchid Neil Hubbard

Anacamptis morio

Class 6: One pot native European (not native to Britain) orchid Barry Tattersall

Ophrys vernixia Chairman's Trophy

Class 7: One pot native European (not native to Britain) orchid Mike Powell

Disa sagittalis

Class 9: One pot Orchis, Anacamptis or Neotinea Andrew Bannister

Orchis italica

Class 10: One pot Ophrys Barry Tattersall

Ophrys picta

Class 11: One pot Serapias Mike Powell

Serapias lingua white form

Class 12: One pot Cypripedium Mike Powell

Cypripedium Hank Small (Cypripedium parviflorum × henryi)

Class 13: One pot Calanthe Mike Powell

Calanthe tricarinata

Class 14: One pot Pleione Mike Powell

Pleione formosa Snow Cap

Class 15: One plant or pan of plants raised from seed by the grower Andrew Bannister

Orchis olbiensis × pauciflora

Winner of Best in Show Trophy - Neil Hubbard for Anacamptis morio in Class 1
Winner of Chairman's Trophy - Barry Tattersall for Ophrys vernixia in Class 6
Winner of RHS Banksian Medal - Mike Powell
[N.B. Mike Powell had most points (29) but won the medal last year; the RHS rules proclude winning it again this year, hence the medal was awarded to Barry Tattersall]

Thanks to Brain Walker for judging the Plant Show

Photography by Mike Gasson