SOCIETIES

• Aberdeen Orchid Society
  
• Bournemouth Orchid Society
  
• Cheltenham Orchid Society
  
• Chiltern Orchid Society
  
• The Orchid Society of Great Britain
  
• North of England Orchid Society
  
• The Royal Horticultural Society
  
• Scottish Orchid Society
  
• Southern Counties Orchid Society
  
• South Wales Orchid Society
  
• Wessex Orchid Society
  
• There are many UK Orchid Societies who do not yet have websites. For what is arguably the most comprehensive list of all UK Orchid Societies, visit the Societies page of the www.orchid-talk.co.uk website.

INTERNET GROUPS

• Orchid-Talk: privately hosted internet discussion group and website, UK-based

• Orchidguide Digest: another privately hosted discussion group, Belgium-based.

• A search of Yahoo Groups will throw up numerous groups specializing in orchids, either species-specific or general. Please note that the group uk-orchids on Yahoo is now the Orchid-Talk group mentioned above.

NURSERIES

• Burnham Nurseries Nursery and Show House open 7 days a week. Mail order a specialty. On-line ordering available. Tel: 01626 352233 Fax: 01626 362167 email: mail@burnhamnurseries.co.uk

• Deva Orchids Usually open weekends 10-4, but a phone call prior to your journey is always advised. Contact details:- Tel/Fax: 01978 762454 email: mail@devaorchids.co.uk

• David Stead Orchids: Mail order, online shopping via the website, also nursery visits by appointment. Greenscapes Horticultural Centre,Brandon Crescent, Shadwell, Leeds LS17 9JH   Telephone: 0113 2893933

• Ivens Orchids Occasional one-day workshops, visitors at other times by appointment only please. Contact details:- Tel: 01727 863178 Fax: 01727 850545 email: ivens@orchids.freeserve.co.uk

• Laurence Hobbs Orchids, Bailiff's Cottage Nursery, Hophurst Lane, Crawley Down, West Sussex. Tel: 01342 715142 Mobile: 07961 350053

• Orchids by Peter White Mail order available, visitors by appointment only. Wide selection of orchid plants, plus composts and other sundries. Tel: 01295 712157 Fax: 01295 710668

• Plested Orchids Mail order a specialty. Nursery open to the public, but please phone ahead to avoid disappointment Tel/Fax: 01276 32947 email: plestedorchids@aol.com

• Ratcliffe Orchids Ltd. Specializing in mail order. Open certain weekends in the flowering season, other times by appointment only. Tel: 01962 777372 Fax: 01962 777664 Email: ratcliffe@zoo.co.uk

SUNDRIES

• Orchid Sundries: Complete range of sundries, including potting mixes, bark, rockwool cubes, pots, seed-sowing items etc. New and second-hand books.

• Orchid Accessories - division of Orchids by Peter White, offering an extensive selection of orchid sundries, including superior Douglas Fir bark.

• Simply Control: Mail order electronic heaters, humidifiers, growlights, propagation equipment, shading etc.

• Parwin Heaters (UK) Ltd. Fan Heaters, Circulation Fans, Lighting and Propagation equipment.
  21 High Haden Road, Glatton, Huntingdon PE28 5RU   Telephone: 01487 834630

• Plants Plus New and antiquarian books, specialist orchid compost and full range of sundries. Telephone/Fax: 01278 786938

• C.H. Whitehouse Ltd. Traditional Cedar Orchid Houses. Buckhurst Works, Bells Yew Green, Frant, Tunbridge Wells TN3 9BN   Telephone: 01892 750247

• TMA Bark Supplies Orchid grade bark available mail order. Four sizes, in packs of 12litres, 25litres and 50litres. Telephone: 01362 638441  Fax:01362 637088

MISCELLANEOUS

• Cedar-Lodge, Charlie Kovac's phalaenopsis site
  
• Just in Glass bespoke engraving on anything glass - vases, mirrors, trophies etc.
  
• OrchidWire: Orchid Resource Directory
  
• The Pleione website
  
• RHS International Orchid Register
  Go to second paragraph "Searching the International Orchid Register". Click on Parentage search or Grex search if you are looking for a newly registered hybrid.