Bull Island Orchid Safari 2025
On Sunday 15th June, IOS Chair, David Morse, led an “Orchid Safari” to Bull Island seeking as many species and genus as we could find.
Spring Show Report
IOS Spring Show and Exhibition 2025 The first Spring Show in seven years of the Irish Orchid Society was held on the first weekend in March 2025. It was held […]
Art & Rare Book Raffle Christmas 2024
We have a public raffle this festive season to raise funds for the Society. The prizes include four items of botanical interest, two rare books and two botanical art prints.
Autumn colour from the Orchids at The National Botanic Garden
Autumn is full of colour in the orchid house at The National Botanic Gardens
Spring in the NBG Orchid House
Early spring is a great time to go look through the beautiful green houses at the National Botanic Gardens. We made a visit recently on a sunny Monday and found lots in flower.
In Bloom at the National Botanic Gardens
The Orchid House at the National Botanic Gardens has reopened and we paid a visit to see what is in flower.
In Bloom at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
Paphiopedilum ‘Angel Hair’ is an orchid hybrid originated by H. Doll in 1991. It is a cross of Paphiopedilum Saint Swithin x Paphiopedilum sanderianum This fabulous Paphiopedilum came to the […]
In Bloom at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
The genus was first described in 1852 by H.G. Reichenbach who named it Thunia in honour of Count von Thun Hohenstein ( Austrian nobility). There is currently 6 recognised species […]
In Bloom at the National Botanic Gardens August 2020
Stenoglottis longifolia Hooker F. 1891, common called The Long-Leafed Stenoglottis was in flower in the Orchid House of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. It has a tiny flower on average […]
In Bloom at the Botanics July/August
Some pictures from the orchid house in the Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin.