Orchids Magazine

Our April issue traditionally features the FCCs from 2025 and the new year-end special annual awards.

Our features this month include the second half of Heidi Kirkpatrick's article on the Grand Champion cymbidiums of the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show.

The Dendrobium series by Jim Cootes continues this month with Part 20: Dendrobium section Aporum.

We have a diverse selection of features this month including articles by Douglas Needham, Dr. Joseph Arditti, and Graham Guest.

We have a diverse selection of features this month including articles by Jim Cootes, James Ackerman, Roland Schettler, and Kay Peery.

Jim Cootes continues his multipart series on the genus Dendrobium and its relatives with Part 22: The genus Diplocaulobium.

In 1998, forest fires in Chiapas, Mexico caused the declaration of extinction of 10 species of orchids in Mexico. One of these, Lycaste dowiana was already very rare in its Mexican habitat and only a few plants are known in cultivation.