Orchids Magazine

The May 2016 issue presents an interview with Cymbidium and Onciidinae breeder Milton Carpenter. Leon Glicenstein introduces a new jewel orchid.

The June issue traditionally features the winning article from the prior year's Gordon W. Dillon/Richard C. Peterson Essay Competition and announces the topic for the current year. This year's winning article entitled Phrases That Confuse Me and What They Really Mean, authored by Eileen Hector of Tampa, Florida takes a lighthearted look at the subject.

Travel with the Wild Orchid Man, Stig Dalström, in search of Paphiopedilum fairrieanum. Only very small populations of this species remain today.

Nile Dusdieker tells us the ins and outs of becoming an orchid snooper. Tom Kuligowski shares with us his successes creating attractive mounted specimens using non-traditional mounts. Robert Butt shares with us his heart-wrenching but entertaining story about how orchids changed his life.

First described in 1856 as Miltonia warscewiczii, the plant we now know as Oncidium fuscatum is an easily grown, warmth-tolerant and floriferous species worthy of space in any of our collections.

The supplement contains articles from "Giants of The Cattleya World: The Labiate Cattleyas" to "Cattleya Forms and Varieties" and more. Currently On Sale!

Orchid ‘Hunting’ may evoke an image of dense forest, blood-sucking insects and dangerous predators but it is perfectly easy to amble along Ecuador’s roads in comfort and find a wonderful variety of orchids and ordinary plants in camera’s reach.

The November 2016 issue contains articles from "Orchids Through the Artist's Eyes" to "For the Novice: Breeding Improved Species" and more.

Andrew Coghill discusses the genus Clowesia, its inter- and intrageneric hybrids and how to grow them in a thorough thoughtfully written feature.

Estaban (Steve) Gonzalez-Costa discusses the various color forms of three of the smaller Brazilian bifoliate cattleyas, Cattleya forbesii, Cattleya intermedia, and Cattleya loddigesii, and their culture in a major feature article.