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

CLICK HERE to view the winning images as a slide show

The Maren Talbot Photographic Trophy
Mike Waller for this image of Epipactis leptochila entered in Class 13

First Orchis militaris by Karen Gregory	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 Ophrys sphegodes by David Pearce	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 Orchis militaris by Steve Clements	Second Goodyera repens by Ken Elsom	Third Platanthera chlorantha by David Pearce

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 Anacamptis morio by Alan Blackman	Third Myrmechila platypterus by Steve Clements

Class 5: A close-up of an orchid showing part of an inflorescence, print size up to 7×5 inches. (16 entries)

First Thelymitra by Sandra Clements	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 Neottia nidus-avis by Ken Elsom	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 Gymnadenia conopsea by Ken Elsom  Best Print	Second Orchis mascula by Sandra Clements	Third Dactylorhiza purpurella by David Hughes

Class 8: A single orchid plant, usually the single stem arising from one tuber, print size up to A4.
(18 entries)

First Limodorum abortivum var. rubrum by Hilary Pickersgill	Second Cypripedium calceolus by Karen Gregory	Third Dactylorhiza incarnata by Phil Smith

Class 9: A close-up of an orchid, showing one or more entire inflorescence(s), print size up to A4.
(19 entries)

First Dactylorhia ×transiens Phil Smith	Second Gymnadenia conopsea by Gillian Elsom	Third Dactylorhiza ×formosa by Alan Gendle

Class 10: A close-up of an orchid showing part of an inflorescence, print size up to A4.
(19 entries)

First Ophrys insectifera by Eleanor Coate	Second Serapias lingua by Gillian Elsom	Third Equal Epipactis palustris by Alan Blackman	Third Equal Himantoglossum hircinum by Karen Gregory

Class 11: A wide area view (landscape or habitat) showing orchids in their natural environment
in jpeg form. (16 entries)

First Dactylorhiza incarnata by Ivar Edvinsen	Second Orchis mascula by Phil Smith	Third Anacamptis morio by Andrew Armstrong

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 Neottia nidus-avis by Michael Lutener	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 Orchis ×bergonii by Michael Waller	Second Orchis anthropophora by Steve Pickersgill	Third Diuris longifolia by Sandra Clements

Class 15: A close-up of an orchid showing part of an inflorescence, in jpeg form. (24 entries)

First Ophrys apifera by Gillian Elsom	Second Ophrys aveyronensis by Anita Allsopp	Third Neottia cordata by Nigel Johnson

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 Serapias lingua by Steve Tandy

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 “Sunrise over Ophrys” by David Pearce

 

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