2020/10 October ORCHIDS Magazine

Our October issue anchors our annual supplement on spots and stripes in the orchid world with a richly illustrated feature article by Esteban (Steve) Gonzalez-Costa on Paphiopedilum sukhakulii and its hybrids. Graham Ramsey, Laura Newton and Allan Watson relate their experiences and observations on growing in New Zealand tree fern fiber - a medium very different from the typical South American tree fern products. And, rounding out our features this month, Spiro Kasomenakis treats us to some of the fascinating, if not just bizarre, orchids of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Also in this issue

• Book Review - Vanishing Beauty: Native Costa Rican Orchids, Part 2 Laceana-Pteroglossa
• Collector's Item - The Good, The Bad, and the Real Stinkers
• Education Committee - The Writhlington School Orchid Education Grant
• For the Novice - Repotting in New Zealand Tree Fern Fiber
• GREATIdeas - Another Method for Reducing Seed Loss
• Lindleyana - Rare and Threatened Orchids of Central Africa, Part 2
• New Rufugium Botanicum - Arpophyllum giganteum
• Orchids Illustrated - Smelting an Orchid Legacy
• Orchids of Papua New Guinea - Some Unusual Orchids from the Northeast Highlands
• Orchids of the World - Finca Dracula
• Seeing Spots - Paphiopedilum sukhakulii and its Hybrids
• Spotlight - Orchids in Watercolor: Cypripedium acaule
• Tom's Monthly Checklist - October: The Month of Showing Up
• Useful Tips - Fertilizer Baskets