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JHOS October 2015 Vol.12 No.4
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Cover Photograph:
Ophrys speculum
by Sue Parker


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	111
Chairman's Note	John Wallington	112
Erratum–Earth, Wind, Fire and Ice: Orchid Hunting in Iceland by Richard Bateman & Paula Rudall		113
Orchids in Crete in Autumn	Rosemary Webb	114
Modelling Orchid Spread Indicates a Helping Hand is Needed	David Trudgill	124
Reflections on an Algarve Gem	Sue Parker	132
Book Review: "Wild Orchids of Bedfordshire" by Richard Revels, Chris Boon & Graham Bellamy	Simon Tarrant	136
Book Review: "Wild Orchids of Somerset" by Chris Gladman	Les Lewis	138
Broad-leaved Helleborines with Pigment Deficiencies	Richard Mielcarek	139
An Interesting Hybrid	Nigel & Lois Harbron	142

JHOS July 2015 Vol.12 No.3
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Cover Photograph:
Burnettia cuneata by Colin & Mischa Rowan



Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	75
Chairman's Note	John Wallington	76
Results of HOS Plant Show 2015		77
HOS Photographic Competition 2015		81
Earth, Wind, Fire: Orchid Hunting in Iceland	Richard Bateman & Paula Rudall	83
Some Observations of Pollen Vectors in Two Epipactis Orchids	Nick & Frankie Owens	92
Bushfires and Orchids in Australia: The Fire-dependent Species	George Tiong & Jim Cootes	100

Cover Photograph:
Burnettia cuneata
by Colin & Mischa Rowan

JHOS April 2015 Vol.12 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Ophrys kotschyi
by Yiannis Christofides


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	39
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	40
A Cream-Yellow Form of the Heath Fragrant-orchid Gymnadenia borealis in Ireland	Thomas Ennis	41
French Holiday 2013: Part 3 Vercors	Hilary & Steve Pickersgill	42
Helleborine Adventures	Richard Mielcarek	51
Cyprus Orchids − An update	Yiannis Christofides	54
Orchids on an Ex-refuse Tip	Roy Bailey-Wood	61
Book Review − Wild Orchids of the Algarve	Celia Wright	65
Ophrys apifera Huds.var. cambrensis M.J.Clark, var. nov. To Name or Not to Name	Michael Clark	66
Dactylorhiza Blight and Its Spread	Dave Trudgill	68
An Uncommon Hybrid – Hebridean Spotted-orchid × Frog Orchid	Alan Smith	70

JHOS January 2015 Vol.12 No.1
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Cover Photograph:
Dactylorhiza maculata with the Old Man of Hoy by Alan Parfitt



Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	3
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	4
Results of Photographic Competition 2014		5
HOS Meetings 2015		10
HOS Field Trips for 2015	Alan Bousfield	10
The Ghost Orchid in England – a History: Part 2 – the Chilterns	Sean Cole	12
Himantoglossum metlesicsianum in Northern Tenerife: An Endangered Orchid	Jean Claessens	23
Hybrid Speculation	Tony Hughes	30

Cover Photograph:
Dactylorhiza maculata
with the Old Man of Hoy
by Alan Parfitt

JHOS October 2014 Vol.11 No.4
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Cover Photograph:
'Cool Angels' based on the Common Twayblade
by Julia Wilkinson



Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	111
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	112
Preparing Semi-Abstract Orchid Paintings	Julia Wilkinson	114
French Holiday 2013: Part 2 Aude	Hilary & Steve Pickersgill	115
The Ghost Orchid in England − a History: Part 1 − the West	Sean Cole	124
Reports from the 2014 HOS Field Trips − Part One	Alan Blousfield	130

JHOS July 2014 Vol.11 No.3
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Cover Photograph:
Fen Orchid (Liparis loeselii subsp. loeselii) by Mike Gasson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	75
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	76
Results of HOS Plant Show 2014		77
Plumbing the Depths: A Review of Recent Research on Terrestrial Orchid Mycorrhizae	Richard Bateman	81
Some Observations on Dactylorhiza fuchsii × Gymnadenia conopsea Hybrids Found in the Chilterns	Richard Hogg	93
Variations of the Genus Cephalanthera on Estonian Island of Saaremaa	Tarmo Pikner	96
HOS Field Trip for Norfolk Fen Orchids	Mike Gasson	103
Fen Orchids Endangered by Water Abstraction		105
Ghost Orchid Project 2014	Sean Cole	106
Frogs and Twayblades	Mike Gasson	107

Cover Photograph:
Fen Orchid (Liparis loeselii subsp. loeselii)
by Mike Gasson

JHOS April 2014 Vol.11 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Ophrys aveyronensis
by Hilary Pickersgill



Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	39
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	39
More 2013 Photographic Show Winners		40
HOS Field Trips 2013	Malcolm Brownsword	42
Mistaken identification	Alan Gendle	55
French Holiday 2013: Part 1 Aveyron	Hilary & Steve Pickersgill	56
The pollination of European Orchids Part 3: Limodorum and Epipactis	Jean Claessens & Jacques Kleynen	64

JHOS January 2014 Vol.11 No.1
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Cover Photograph:
Dactylorhiza sambucina by Tony Hughes


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	3
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	3
Field Trips 2014	Malcolm Brownsword	5
Results of Photographic Competition 2013		7
Platanthera ×hybrida in Mid Wales	Mike Waller	12
Moth pollinators of Greater Butterfly Orchids Platanthera chlorantha in Central Scotland	Roy Sexton	14
Chlorophyll deficient Epipactis helleborine	John Spencer	24
Orchids in the Dolomites	Yiannis Christofides	26
A Sunny Morning in Kent − July 2013	Rosemary Webb	32
Members' Photographs and Personal Websites	Mike Gasson	34

Cover Photograph:
Dactylorhiza sambucina
by Tony Hughes

JHOS October 2013 Vol.10 No.4
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Cover Photograph:
Cypripedium calceolus
by Jean Claessens & Jacques Kleynen




Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	111
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	112
The Pollination of European Orchids: Part 2: Cypripedium and Cephalanthera	Jean Claessens & Jacques Kleynen	114
The Oxwich Epipactis	Mike Clark	120
Brockham Lime Works	Tom Turner	122
Hybrid Orchid New to the UK in Cumbria	Alan Gendle	128
Sicily	Paul Harcourt Davies	130

JHOS July 2013 Vol.10 No.3
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Cover Photograph:
Apis mellifera pollinating Orchis militaris by Jean Claessens & Jacques Kleynen


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	75
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	76
Proposed Increase in the HOS Subscription	John Wallington	77
Plant Show 2013	David Hughes	79
The Pollination of the European Orchids Part 1: Introduction and the Genera Orchis and Dactylorhiza	Jean Claessens & Jacques Kleynen	83
Yet Another Article on Bee Orchid Variants	Stan Jordan	89
Book Review: Eesti Orchideed	Simon Tarrant	92
New Creative Image Class for the Photographic Show	Celia Wright	93
Orchid Conservation Initiatives in Western Australia: The Adopt an Orchid Project (ADORP)	Jeremy Storey, Andrew Brown, George Tiong & Jim Coates	95
Members' Photographs and Personal Websites	Mike Gasson	103
Response to "Much Ado About Almost Nothing? Part 3"	John Sumpter & Alan Parfitt	105

Cover Photograph:
Bombus terrestris pollinates Dactylorhiza praetermissa
by Jean Claessens & Jacques Kleynen

JHOS April 2013 Vol.10 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Early-purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)
by Mike Gasson




Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	39
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	39
Changes to Photographic Show Rules and Classes		41
More Photographic Show Winners from 2012		42
Why Identification Guides Don't Always Work	Richard Bateman	48
Pollination in the Early-purple Orchid	Mike Gasson	60
Book Review: Hardy Cypripedium Species, Hybrids and Cultivation	Celia Wright	67
Book Review: Ophrys d'Italia	Paul Harcourt Davies	68

JHOS January 2013 Vol.10 No.1
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Cover Photograph:
Anacamptis papilionacea by Tony Hughes


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	3
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	3
Hardy Orchid Society Publicity	Simon Tarrant	5
Field Meetings 2013	Malcolm Brownsword	5
Results of Photographic Competition 2012		7
Further Notes on Orchis purpurea Herbivory and Conservation	Alfred Gay	12
HOS Summer Field Trips 2012	Malcolm Brownsword	16
Much Ado About Nothing? Part 3	Svante Malmgren & John Haggar	24
Something - Further Thoughts on Rare Orchid Conservation	Mike Gasson	33

Cover Photograph:
Anacamptis papilionacea
by Tony Hughes

JHOS October 2012 Vol.9 No.4
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Cover Photograph:
Neottia nidus-avis var. pallida
by Rosemary Webb



Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	111
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	111
The Most Exciting Day of 2005	Rosemary Webb	114
Much Ado About Nothing? Part Two	Svante Malmgren & John Haggar	121
Taxonomic Diversity of Dactylorhiza on Saaremaa	Tarmo Pikner	128

JHOS July 2012 Vol.9 No.3
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Cover Photograph:
Serapias ×godferyi
by Mike Gasson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	75
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	76
Plant Show 2012		77
Reports From Early 2012 Field Trips		82
Much Ado About Nothing? Part One	John Haggar & Svante Malmgren	85
Book Review: End Of A Greek Odyssey	Richard Bateman	91
The B1 Fungus Is A Ceratobasidium	Tony Heys	93
Orchid Conservation On Wolstonbury Hill	David Pearce	98
On and Around Box Hill	Tom Turner	100
Possible Hybrid In Rhodes	Lorne Edwards	106

Cover Photograph:
Serapias ×godferyi
by Mike Gasson

JHOS April 2012 Vol.9 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Ophrys apifera var. bicolor
by Paul Harcourt Davies


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	39
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	40
Identifying Hybrid Orchids	Alan Gendle	41
Book Review: "Growing Hardy Orchids"	Moira Tarrant	49
What's In A Face	Paul Harcourt Davies	51
Propagating Orchids From Seed From An Amateur's Perspective	John Haggar	59
Conservation - 2011	Bill Temple	68
More 2011 Photograhic Show Winners		68

JHOS January 2012 Vol.9 No.1
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Cover Photograph:
Ophrys lacaitae
by Robert Thompson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	3
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	3
Photographic Competition 2011		5
Field Meetings 2011	Malcolm Brownsword	10
A Glimpse In An Orchidological Mirror - Book Review	Richard Bateman	11
Herbivore Pressure On Orchid Populations - Nipper's Revisited	David Johnson	14
Lost Ladies - Does It Matter?	Mike Gasson	15
Orchis mascula - Observations And Questions	Nigel & Lois Harbron	19
Central Apennines May 16th To 25th 2011	John Spencer, Robert Thompson & Mike Parsons	22
Variation In Bee Orchids	Richard Mielcarek	32
Discovery of Dactylorhiza praetermissa × Gymnadenia densiflora	Michael Clark	34

Cover Photograph:
Ophrys lacaitae
by Robert Thompson

JHOS October 2011 Vol.8 No.4
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Cover Photograph:
Osmia sp. with pollinia from Serapias cordigera
by Jean Claessens and Jacques Kleynen


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	111
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	112
Field Trips 2011	Malcolm Brownsword	114
They Are Only Weeds - A Conservation Battle	Peter Fitchett	124
Occurence of Dactylorhiza purpurella var. cambrensis in Ireland	Thomas Ennis	127
Odour of Himantoglossum hircinum	Ian Phillips	133
Book Review: "The Flower of the European Orchid"	Simon Tarrant	135
Books About British Orchids - A Personal View	Keith Fry	136

JHOS July 2011 Vol.8 No.3
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Cover Photograph:
Ophrys apifera var. botteronii
by Simon Mackie


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	75
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	76
HOS Photography Competition 2010		76
Ophrys apifera var. botteronii In Britain	Simon Mackie, Richard Mielcarek & Les Lewis	79
My New Zealand Trip In 2010	Graham Giles	84
Neottianthe cucculata In Poland	Mike Parsons	87
Orchids In The Herbarium Of Felix Platter	Phillip Cribb	90
Howell Hill Local Nature Reserve	Tom Turner	98
Orchid Hunting On Saaremaa	Simon Tarrant	101

Cover Photograph:
Ophrys apifera var. botteronii
by Simon Mackie

JHOS April 2011 Vol.8 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Hybrid between O. pauciflora and O. mascula
by Gianpiero Ferrari


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	39
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	39
Plant Show 2011		40
Observations On The Herbridean Marsh-orchid In The Outer Hebrides	Frank Horsman	44
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Deciphering British and Irish Marsh-orchids	Richard Bateman	48
From Maize Fields To Orchid Meadows - The Restoration Of Meadows In The Ajoie In The Swiss Jura	Samuel Sprunger	60
A Visit To Abruzzo	Gianpiero Ferrari	66
A New Dactylorhiza Mutation	Mark Smyth	70

JHOS January 2011 Vol.8 No.1
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Cover Photograph:
Gymnadenia rhellicani × conopsea
by Tony Hughes


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	3
Chairman's Note	Celia Wright	3
Field Trips 2011	Malcolm Brownsword	4
Conservation Update	Bill Temple	6
Comment On Hartslock Hybrids	Bill Temple	6
Photographic Competition Winners		7
In The Footsteps Of Renz: Orchids In Iran	Karel Kreutz & John Spencer	12
Studies On Epipactis helleborine s.l. Kenfig NNR	Michael Clark	24
"Not-Always-Black" Vanillas!	Tony Hughes	30
Open Days, A Cautionary Tale	Roy Bailey-Wood & Roger Gilbert	34

Cover Photograph:
Gymnadenia rhellicani × conopsea
by Tony Hughes

JHOS October 2010 Vol.7 No.4
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Cover Photograph:
Ophrys tetraloniae
by Robert Thompson



Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	111
Chairman's Report	Celia Wright	112
Report On 2010 Field Trips	David Hughes	114
Dactylorhiza Blight	Isobyl La Croix	117
Where Does Orchid Conservation End And Gardening Begin?	Richard Bateman	119
Croatia: Land Of The Falling Lakes	John Spencer, Robert Thompson & Mike Parsons	134

JHOS July 2010 Vol.7 No.3
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Cover Photograph:
Pleione Leda
by Mike Gasson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	75
Update On HOS Autumn Meetings	Celia Wright	76
Photography Competition 2010		76
Plant Show Results		77
Monster At The Plant Show	Mike Gasson	82
Notes On Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D. Don) Soó	David McCartney	84
Gilbert White's Orchids	Phillip Cribb & David Roberts	86
Cypripediums In SW China: Part 2 Sichuan	Celia Wright	94
Gargano - Further Findings And Musings	Paul Harcourt Davies	103

Cover Photograph:
Pleione Leda
by Mike Gasson

JHOS April 2010 Vol.7 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Dactylorhiza praetermissa
by Tony Heys


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	39
Change Of Venue For Autumn Southern Meeting	Celia Wright	40
Report On 2011 Kidlington Meeting	David Hughes	40
More 2009 Photographic Competition Winners		42
Cypripediums In SW China: Part 1 Yunnan	Celia Wright	45
Gargano - Europe's Finest Natural Rockery	Paul Harcourt Davies	54
Springtime In Corsica	Tony Hughes	62

JHOS January 2010 Vol.7 No.1
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Cover Photograph:
Anacamptis coriophora subsp. fragrans
by Robert Thompson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	4
Photographic Competition Winners 2009		5
Comments On The Digital Photography Competition	Pete Murray	11
Report On THe 2009 Wisley Meeting	David Hughes	12
Field Trips 2010	David Hughes	13
Ghost Orchid Rediscovered In Britain After 23 Years	Mark Jannink & Tim Rich	14
Ghost Tales	Paul Harcourt Davies	15
Corfu Revisited	Mike Parsons	20
Update On UK Orchids In 2009	Sean Cole	29
Book Review: Orchidee d'Italia - The Orchids of Italy	Paul Harcourt Davies	33

Cover Photograph:
Anacamptis coriophora subsp. fragrans
by Robert Thompson

JHOS October 2009 Vol.6 No.4
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Cover Photograph:
Orchis anthropophora
by Mike Gasson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	111
Hardy Orchid Society Discussion Forum	Moira Tarrant	111
Chairman's Report	David Hughes	112
Addendum to "Ireland's Wild Orchids" Book Review		112
Reports From The 2009 Field Trips		114
A First Field Trip	Vikki Batten	121
A Trip To Israel	John Spencer	122
Elba, Boars And Chestnuts	Paul Harcourt Davies	130
HOS Platanthera Spur-length Suvey Concludes: Correlation Between Spur Length And Leaf Width Is Weak	Richard Bateman	136
Conservation Find	Alan Gendle	141

JHOS July 2009 Vol.6 No.3
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Cover Photograph:
Orchis italica and Orchis anthrophora
by Paul Harcourt Davies


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	75
Report From HOS Meeting At Kidlington	David Hughes	75
Rules And Classes For Photographic Show	David Hughes	77
HOS Plant Show 2009	Malcolm Brownsword	78
Book Review: "Ireland's Wild Orchids: A Field Guide"	Richard Bateman	83
Book Review: "Orchids Of Britain And Ireland: A Field And Site Guide"	Celia Wright	84
Book Review: "The Orchids Of Ireland"	Richard Bateman	85
What's In A Name? 2. The Even Heavier Responsibility Of Coining A New Name	Richard Bateman	88
Italy: By The Seaside	Paul Harcourt Davies	100

Cover Photograph:
Orchis italica and Orchis anthrophora
by Paul Harcourt Davies

JHOS April 2009 Vol.6 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Northern Marsh-orchid
by Mike Clark.


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	39
Chairman's Corner	David Hughes	39
Photographic Competition 2008		40
Orchids Of Kenfig NNR, South Wales	Mike Clark	44
A Southern France Miscellany	Les Lewis	48
What's In A Name? 1. The Heavy Responsibility Of Using A Previously Described Name	Richard Bateman	53
The Princess Risborough Helleborines	Simon Harrap	64
OrchidIreland	Tom Curtis & Robert Thompson	67
Book Review: "Orchidee Regine Dei Fiori"	Paul Harcourt Davies	69

JHOS January 2009 Vol.6 No.1
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Cover Photograph:
Praying mantis camouflaged on O. italica
by Robert Thompson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	3
HOS Meetings 2009		3
HOS Field Trips 2009	David Hughes	4
Report On Autumn Meeting At Wisley	David Hughes	5
Essex Orchids	Mike Parsons	8
Photographic Competition Winners		8
Italian Orchid Year 2008 - Annus Pretty Blooming Mirabilis	Paul Harcourt Davies	14
Sicily 9th - 19th April 2008	Mike Parsons	22
Field-baesd Molecular Identification In The Next Decade?	Richard Bateman	31

Cover Photograph:
Praying mantis camouflaged on O. italica
by Robert Thompson

JHOS October 2008 Vol.5 No.4
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Cover Photograph:
Disperis oxyglossa
by Ann Skinner


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	111
HOS Meeting At Wisley		113
HOS Photographic Show 2008		113
2008 Field Trip Reports	David Hughes	114
Report Of HOS Meeting, Harlow Carr	David Hughes	117
Conservation News	Bill Temple	118
Drakensberg 2007, Part 2	Graham Goodfellow	120
Cyprus Days	Paul Harcourt Davies	127
A Tour With Wildlife Travel	Jean Stowe	133
Book Review: Robert Bowmer "British Orchids - A Site Guide"	Mike Gasson	136
Naming New Orchid Taxa - A Reply But Not An Answer	Les Lewis	138

JHOS July 2008 Vol.5 No.3
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Cover Photograph:
Steveniella satyrioides
by Paul Harcourt Davies


Editorial Note	Editorial Note	75
Report On Kidlington and AGM	David Hughes	75
Plant Show Results		77
Drakensberg 2007, Part 1	Graham Goodfellow	81
Naming New Orchid Taxa: What Are The Rules?	Sean Cole	86
Steven's Orchids	Paul Harcourt Davies	91
Are There 25 Or 250 Orchid Species?	Svante Malmgren	95
Florida Orchid Safari	Mike Parsons	101
Conservation Note	Bill Temple	106

Cover Photograph:
Steveniella satyrioides
by Paul Harcourt Davies

JHOS April 2008 Vol.5 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Neotinea ustulata
by Robert Thompson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	39
Report From The Chairman	David Hughes	39
More On Badgers Or Birds	Alan Blackman	40
HOS Plant Show 2008	Malcolm Brownsword	41
Reprint Of "The Genus Cypripedium"		42
More Photographic Competition Winners		43
A Holiday In A Long Thin Country	Bill Temple	47
Ophrys ×royanensis And Other Ophrys insectifera Hybrids	Mike Gasson	54
How Did "Young's Helleborine" Originate?	Stan Jordan	58
Spain Part 2: Picos de Europa	Joihn Spencer	60
Cyprus March 2005	Peter & Pauline Mottershead	68

JHOS January 2008 Vol.5 No.1
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Cover Photograph:
Cephalanthera longifolia
by John Spencer


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	3
Report From The Chairman	David Hughes	3
HOS Field Trips 2008	David Hughes	5
Photographic Competition 2007	Tony Hughes	6
Update On British Orchids	Karel Kreutz	11
American Native Orchid Conference, Oregon 2006	Mike Parsons	16
Ongoing Platanthera Spur-length Survey, A Great Success	Richard Bateman & Roy Sexton	20
Are The Nippers Badgers Or Birds	Derek Larter	23
West Country Inbreeding: The Avon Gorge Ophrys apifera var. trollii	John Spencer	25
An Unusual Floral Mutant Of The Common Spotted-orchid	Stan Jordan	26
Book Review: The Orchid Genera Anacamptis, Orchis and Neotinia	Richard Manuel	27
Book Review: An Enduring Obsession With Sex	Richard Bateman	29
Threats To The Aberdeenshire Coast	Bill Temple	34

Cover Photograph:
Cephalanthera longifolia
by John Spencer

JHOS October 2007 Vol.4 No.4
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Cover Photograph:
Dacylorhiza insularis var. bartonii
by Robert Thompson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	111
Photo Story 3	Iain Wright	112
HOS Photographic Show 2007		112
Orchids South Of The 45th Parallel - Southern France	Alan Blackman	114
Hartslock Hybrids And Green Hairstreak	Malcolm Brownsword	119
Spain Part 1: Cuenca	John Spencer	120
A Hyperchromic Dactylorhiza praetermissa	John Spencer	128
The Orchids Of Chios	Mike Taylor & Les Lewis	129
The Swiss Orchid Foundation - Website Review		137
Field Trip Reports	David Hughes	138

JHOS July 2007 Vol.4 No.3
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Cover Photograph:
Lesser Butterfly-orchid with Flower Beetle Oedemera nobilis
by Tony Hughes


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	75
HOS AGM and Spring Meeting	David Hughes	76
Northern Meeting at RHS Harlow Carr		77
Plant Show Results		77
Orchids Of Western Tuscany 2. Apuan And Orecchiellan Apls	Richard Bateman & Paula Rudall	82
Beetlemania	Tony Hughes	88
Chloraea chrysantha	Robin Alabaster	90
History Of The HOS	Tony Hughes	92
Three Steps Behind An Orchid Anorak	Diana Hughes	95
Orchid Observations: Epipactis helleborine	Stan Jordan	99
Peterborough Show 2007	Maren Talbot	100
Book Review: Splitters Versus Lumpers: A KO	Richard Bateman	104

Cover Photograph:
Lesser Butterfly-orchid with Flower Beetle Oedemera nobilis
by Tony Hughes

JHOS April 2007 Vol.4 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. coccinea
by Mike Gasson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	39
Photographic Competition Second Place Winners		40
Orchids Of Western Tuscany: 1. Elba	Richard Bateman & Paula Rudall	44
The Early Marsh Orchid In Northern Europe: VII The Nominate Variety	John Haggar	52
Dactylorhiza incarnata At Holme Dunes	Mike Gasson	58
Survey Of The Spurs Of European Butterfly Orchids	Richard Bateman & Roy Sexton	60
Site Secrecy	Bill Temple	64
Cambriensis In Cumbria	Nigel & Lois Habron	65
Sources Of Small Research Grants For Orchid-Related Research	Richard Bateman	68

JHOS January 2007 Vol.4 No.1
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Cover Photograph:
Orchis mascula
by Robert Thompson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	3
HOS Field Trips 2007	David Hughes	3
HOS Meetings	Tony Hughes	4
Photographic Competition 2006	Eric Webster	6
Submitting Entries To The Photographic Competition	Jon Evans	14
Book Review: "Close-up & Macro, A Photographer's Guide"	Mike Gasson	18
Book Review: Illustrated Checklist: Orchids Of Chios, Inouses & Psara	Les Lewis	19
Our Gargano Gallery	Phil & Gwen Phillips	21
Slugs And Snails	Bill Temple	30
Lady And The Slug	Mark Hacker	31
You're Sure Of A Big Surprise	Tom Ennis	31
Correspondence On The Site Secrecy Debate		32

Cover Photograph:
Orchis mascula
by Robert Thompson

JHOS October 2006 Vol.3 No.4
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Cover Photograph:
Hybrid between Ophrys argolica & Ophrys speculum
by Robert Thompson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	99
HOS Autumn Meeting		100
Some New Discoveries On THe Greek Island Of Chios	Les Lewis	101
2006 Field Trip Reports	David Hughes	104
Some Easy To Grow Hardy Orchids	Malcolm Brownsword	110
An Orchid Excursion In The Dordogne	Nick Carthy	112
Orchid Mycorrhiza - In Intimate Association	Colin Clay	115
The Best Greek "Island"? A Peloponnese Circuit	John Spencer	118
Letter To The Editor	Pamela Scraton	127
Reply To Pamela Scraton	Richard Bateman	128
Conservation News	Bill Temple	129

JHOS July 2006 Vol.3 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Hybrid between Orchis purpurea and O. simia
by Mike Gasson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	67
HOS AGM And Spring Meeting		67
Conservation Officer's Report	Bill Temple	69
Conservation News	Bill Temple	70
HOS Plant Show 2006	Eric & Doreen Webster	71
Book Review: Orchids Of Mexico	Richard Bateman	76
Book Review: Genera Orchidacearum 4	Richard Bateman	77
An Intergeneric Cross Between Serapias And Ophrys	John Haggar	79
The Origin Of (Pseudo)Species By Means Of Natural Selection: A Cypriot Conundrum	Richard Bateman	80
Suffolk Roadside Nature Reserves	Mike Gasson	84
Orchid Conservation Activities On The Isle Of Islay	Richard & Mavis Gulliver	86
Pollination Of European Orchids - Part 2	Tony Hughes	89

Cover Photograph:
Hybrid between Orchis purpurea & O. simia
by Mike Gasson

JHOS April 2006 Vol.3 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Broad-leaved Helleborine with wasp
by Guenther Blaich


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	35
Spring Meeting 30th April 2006	Roger Gelder	36
Guidelines For HOS Plant Shows		37
Pollination Of European Orchids - Part 1	Tony Hughes	39
Step Softly: Environmental Stewardship	Alan Kindred	44
Disas In The Wild And In Cultivation	Marilyn Light	47
A Tale Of Two (Or More) Composts	Mick Peck	49
Visit To Cyprus February 2004	Peter & Pauleen Mottershead	51
Mullagh More Orchids	Nigel & Lois Harbron	54
American Native Orchid Conference 2005	Mike Parsons	57
Book Review: "Les Orchidées de France, Belgique et Luxembourg"	Richard Manuel	60
Book Review: "Les Orchidées Sauvages De France Grand Nature"	Richard Manuel	61

JHOS January 2006 Vol.3 No.1
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Cover Photograph:
Ghost Orchid (Epipogium aphyllum var. lacteum)
by Robert Thompson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	3
Looking Back - Looking Forward	Tony Hughes	4
Photographic Competition 2005	Eric Webster	5
The Hardy Orchid Society Seed Bank And You	Philip Seaton	12
Pleione Culture	Maren Talbot	18
Unusual Epipactis On The Cumbrian Limestone	Alan Gendle	20
Chasing Ghosts	John Spencer	22
Aggregate Scores		25
Ophrys apifera Fungi	Ted Weeks	26
A Note On The Fly × Bee Hybrids	Robert Kempster	27
Book Review: "Growing Hardy Orchids"	Jim Hill	28
Book Review: Flora's Orchids	Mike Gasson	28
Book Review: "Wild Orchids Across North America"	Mike Gasson	29

Cover Photograph:
Ghost Orchid
(Epipogium aphyllum var. lacteum)
by Robert Thompson

JHOS October 2005 Vol.2 No.4
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Cover Photograph:
Ophrys philippei
by Robert Thompson


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	99
HOS Photographic Competition 2005	Eric Webster	100
Looking Ahead	Tony Hughes	101
Field Trip To Cumbria	Alan Gendle	102
Circumscribing And Interpreting Closely Related Orchid Species	Richard Bateman	104
Liguria & South East France	Mike Parsons	111
The Early Marsh-Orchid In Northern Europe: VI The Significance Of Yellow Flowers	John Haggar	116
Marsh Orchids On Moorend Common	Maren Talbot	124
Book Review: "Growing Orchids From Seed"	Jim Hill	125
Book Review: "The Orchids Of The British Isles"	Les Lewis	126
Book Review: "The Orchids Of Cyprus"	Les Lewis	127
Book Review: "Orchids Of Britain And Ireland - A Field And Site Guide"	Tony Hughes	128

JHOS July 2005 Vol.2 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Ophrys insectifera forma luteomarginata
Graham Giles


Editorial Note	Mike Gasson	67
HOS AGM And Spring Meeting	Tony Hughes	68
HOS Plant Show 24th April 2005	Eric Webster	69
The Raby Castle Orchid Show - "Maren's Weed Garden"	Chris Barker	72
Orchids Of Sussex	David Lang*	73
Growing Orchids In The Garden Part 1	Tony Hughes	75
Growing Orchids In The Garden Part 2	Bill Temple	76
HOS Trip To East Kent On 29th May 2005	Alan Blackman	79
More Pale Ladies	Mike Gasson	80
Unusual Forms Of The Fly Orchid Ophrys insectifera	Les Lewis	81
Field Trip To The Dorset Coast On 30th April 2005	Norman Heywood	89
Chaos In Chios And The European Congress On Hardy Orchids	Mike Parsons	90

Cover Photograph:
Ophrys insectifera forma luteomarginata
by Graham Giles

JHOS April 2005 Vol.2 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Epipactis cambrensis
by John Spencer



Spanish Miscellany, 1967-2004: Part 2	Simon Andrew	39
Mycorrhizal Specificity And Function In Myco-heterotrophic Plants	Bill Temple	43
Pale Ladies	Mike Gasson	45
Rediscovery Of Epipactis cambrensis At Kenfig NNR	Les Lewis & John Spencer	48
The Early Marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata) In Northern Europe: V Red Flowers And Dune Forms	John Haggar	51
Orchids Outside	Richard Manuel	59
Editorial Postscript	Patrick Marks	62

JHOS January 2005 Vol.2 No.1
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Cover Photograph:
Hybrid between Dactylorhtza fuchsii & D. viride
by Graham Giles


Editorial	Patrick Marks	3
Photographic Competition 2004	Eric Webster	4
Orchid Hunting Around Geneva	Les Lewis*	8
Composts - Summary Of A Talk Given At Capel Manor	Richard Manuel*	9
Spanish Miscellany, 1967-2004: Part 1	Simon Andrew	11
Propagation Of Tricky Species Of Temperate Orchids	Peter Scott	16
Dactyloglossum	Graham Giles	21
Book Review "Britain's Orchids" by David Lang	Brian Allan	22
America 2004	Bill Temple	23
Orchid Photography Part 3: The Orchidaceous Landscape	Tony Hughes	25
Some Interesting Scottish Orchid Finds	Patrick Marks	29

Cover Photograph:
Hybrid between Dactylorhtza fuchsii & D. viride
by Graham Giles

JHOS October 2004 Vol.1 No.4
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Cover Photograph:
Ophrys ×pietzschii
by Tony Hughes


Cumbria's Orchids, Habitats & Hybrids	Alan Gendle	94
Orchids Of Sicily	Tony Hughes	98
Cypripediums In China - A Talk At Harlow Carr	Peter Corkhill	101
Orchid Photography - My Way	Peter Sheasby	105
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve & Corkscrew Sanctuary - March 2003	Mike Parsons	106
British Ophrys Oddities	Tony Hughes	111
Book Review: "Orchidee Spontanee Nel Parco Nazionale Del Gargano"	Les Lewis	113
Conservation News	Bill Temple	114

JHOS July 2004 Vol.1 No.3
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Cover Photograph:
Serapias lingua
by John Humphries



Report On The 12th AGM Of The HOS		63
HOS Plant Show - April 25th 2004		65
Hardy Orchids Around The World	Captain Peter Erskine	68
Pleiones	Ian Butterfield	69
Orchids And A Few Other Plants Of Crete	John Fielding	70
Orchid Photography - Part 2: The Whole Plant	Tony Hughes	72
On The Origin Of Ophrys Species	Svante Malmgren	74
Australian Terrestrial Orchids	Jim Hill	81

Cover Photograph:
Serapias lingua
by John Humphries

JHOS April 2004 Vol.1 No.2
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Cover Photograph:
Anacamptis robusta
by Richard Bateman



Hybridisation Evidence Supports The New Improved Anacamptis	Richard Bateman	34
Ophrys apifera (Bee Orchid) In Ayrshire (VC75)	Brian Laney & Paul Stanley	43
In Search Of Wild Orchids At Southport	Keith Marshall	43
The Early Marsh Orchid In Northern Europe: IV Northern Forms, Blotched Leaves And Polymorphism	John Haggar	45
A Year In The Lot - Orchid Hunting In South West France	Sheila Tucknott	51
Orchid Photography	Tony Hughes	55

JHOS January 2004 Vol.1 No.1
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Cover Photograph:
Anacamptis morio
by Richard Laurence


Editorial	Patrick Marks	3
Hardy Orchid Society Conservation Code	Celia Wright	4
Photographic Competition 2003	Doreen Webster	5
Six Days In Newfoundland	Simon Andrew	7
Following Footsteps In The Vercors	Tony Hughes	8
Burnt Tips And Bumble Bees: How Many Orchid Species Currently Occur Im The British Isles?	Richard Bateman	10
The Early Marsh-Orchid In Northern Europe: III The British And Irish Fen, Marsh And Bog Forms	John Haggar	18
Dactylorhiza incarnata in Gotland	Ian Phillips	23
Journal - Advice To Authors	Patrick Marks	24
All Change At The HOS Website!	Tony Hughes	26
Letter To The Editor	Alan Blackman	26

Cover Photograph:
Anacamptis morio
by Richard Laurence

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