Patron: Tom Hart Dyke
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Amcanion y Gymdeithas
Formation and development of the GroupThe Orchid Study Group was established at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Saturday, September 17th 2005 in order to provide a focus for orchids and their study within the Principality of Wales. Only some ten people were present on that occasion. Since then, the Group has gone from strength to strength under the chairmanship of botanist and orchidologist Dr. Kevin. L. Davies. It is entirely appropriate that the Orchid Study Group was established in this region of Wales since, when it comes to these remarkable plants, the latter has a long and rich history. Not far from the National Botanic Garden once stood the old mansion house of Penllergare, home to the pioneer photographer and orchid grower John Dillwyn Llewelyn; son of the famous botanist and owner of the Swansea Pottery, Lewis Weston Dillwyn. It was here that John built a green house and it was here also that tropical orchids were grown for the first time ever under semi-natural conditions. Newly discovered orchids flowered here for the first time and it is probable that John was the first to record them by means of photography. Even today, the name of this influential family is commemorated in the names of orchids such as Eria dillwynii. Another local town, Llanelli, was home to the industrialist and botanist James Motley for part of his life. The orchid Coelogyne motleyi was named in his honour. Some of his specimens can still be seen at the old Swansea Museum and the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Eventually, Motley and his family emigrated but unfortunately were horrifically slaughtered shortly thereafter. Sefydlwyd y Grŵp Astudio Tegeirianau yng Ngardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru ar Ddydd Sadwrn, Medi 17eg 2005 er mwyn rhoi pwyslais ar degeirianau a’u hastudiaeth o fewn y Dywysogaeth. Dim ond rhyw ddeng o bobl oedd yn bresennol ar yr achlysur hwnnw. Ers hynny, mae’r Grŵp wedi mynd o nerth i nerth o dan gadeiryddiaeth y botanegydd a’r tegeirianwr Dr. Kevin L. Davies. Mae’n hollol addas y cafodd y Grŵp Astudio Tegeirianau ei sefydlu yn yr ardal hon o Gymru am fod ganddi hanes hir a chyfoethog o ran y planhigion hynod hyn. Nid nepell o'r Ardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol safai hen blasty Penllergare, cartref y ffotograffydd a thyfwr tegeirianau arloesol John Dillwyn Llewelyn; mab y botanegydd enwog a pherchennog chrochenwaith Abertawe, Lewis Weston Dillwyn. Yma adeiladwyd tŷ gwydr gan John ac yma tyfwyd tegeirianau trofannol o dan amgylchiadau lled naturiol am y tro cyntaf erioed. Yma hefyd, gwnaeth nifer ohonynt a oedd newydd gael eu darganfod, flodeuo am y tro cyntaf ac mae’n eithaf sicr mai John oedd y cyntaf i ddefnyddio ffotograffiaeth i’w rhoi ar gof a chadw . Hyd yn oed heddiw, caiff enw’r teulu dylanwadol hwn ei ddathlu mewn enwau tegeirianau, megis Eria dillwynii. Tref leol arall, sef Llanelli, oedd cartref y diwydiannwr a botanegydd James Motley am ran o’i fywyd. Cafodd y tegeirian Coelogyne motleyi ei enwi ar ei ôl. Mae rhai o’r sbesimenau a gasglwyd ganddo i’w gweld o hyd yn hen Amgueddfa Abertawe a herbariwm Gerddi Botanegol Brenhinol Kew. O’r diwedd, gwnaeth Motley a’i deulu allfudo ond yn anffodus cawsant eu lladd yn fuan wedyn o dan amgylchiadau dychrynllyd. The Orchid Study Group of Wales would like to thank Daniel Williams for his kind permission to use his image of Paphiopedilum Claire de Lune as our logo.
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