Orchid Resources in the United Kingdom

British Orchid Council
The BOC is the UK orchid world's umbrella organisation, bringing together amateur and commercial growers and the scientific community in a single forum. United Kingdom.

Writhlington School Orchid Project
Hundreds of students are involved in innovative approaches to orchid conservation through enterprise and global cooperation. The school has a micro-propagation laboratory and one of the UK's most extensive orchid collections in its greenhouse where the students grow many species from seed. Writhlington, Radstock, United Kingdom.

Orchid Society of Great Britain
News, meetings, events, travel, photo gallery, publication, and membership information. Founded in 1951. London, England, United Kingdom.

Orchid Seed Stores for Sustainable Use
The OSSSU is a Darwin Initiative project designed to establish orchid seed banking around the globe (with the current focus on Asia and South and Central America). Based at the Seed Conservation Department of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew at Wakehurst Place.

Orchidmania
A blog for orchid fans, with news and features about orchids, past and present. Pamela Kelt. United Kingdom.

Springwood Pleiones
Pleiones, both species and hybrids, offered. Photo gallery and cultivation notes. Ken and Christine Redshaw. Leeds, United Kingdom.

North of England Orchid Society
Art gallery, orchid history, culture, and events calendar. Possibly the oldest orchid society in the world, founded in 1897. Manchester, England, United Kingdom.

McBean's Orchids
Cymbidiums, Phalaenopsis, Odontoglossums, and Zygopetalums offered. Flasks. Cultivation notes. Established in 1879. East Sussex, United Kingdom.

UK Orchid Forum
Web-based forum discussing a diverse range of orchid topics. Also features a chatroom and private messages between members. Everyone welcome. Rob Howe. United Kingdom.

Conserving Orchids
Two PhD researchers, Amy and Susanne (University of Kent), write about the focus of their research. United Kingdom.