The October issue features the fourth part of a five-part series on modern artificial light and growing orchids authored by Kelly McCracken, owner of High Desert Orchids in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Also featured in the October issue is a beautifully illustrated article on miniature paphiopedilums by Deb Boersma. This issue also features an article on Venezuela's Cattleya quadricolor authored by Dr. Sebastian Aguirre Vallejo and an article on the discoverers of vanilla hand pollination by Dr. Joseph Arditti.
Also in this issue
- Cattleya Quadricolor - The Cattleya of the Dry Forest
- Collectors' Item - Holcoglossum kimballianum (Rchb. f.) Garay
- Discoverers of Vanilla Hand Pollination
- For the Novice - Virus Testing - Do You Really Want to Know?
- Genus of the Month - Aspasia
- Let There Be Light - Part 4: Setting up Your LED Lights
- New Rufugium Botanicum - Vanilla costaricensis
- Orchids Illustrated - Dendrobium section Latouria
- Tiny Slippers - a.k.a. Miniature Paphiopedilums
- Tom's Monthly Checklist - October: The Month of Partnership
