Orchids Magazine

Orchids Magazine

Published since 1932, Orchids magazine (formerly known as the AOS Bulletin) is among the many benefits of an AOS membership. Exploding with glorious full-page color photographs, each monthly issue is packed with topics of current interest for both beginners and advanced orchid growers.

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Latest Issue - June 2025

June 2025

This month, Dr. Peter Zale of Longwood Gardens treats us to a visual feast of the orchids of the Highlands of Southern Tanzania (Chikanda Orchids) and Lydia Mosley and co-workers describe their work using motion-capture cameras to research the insect pollinators of several Mid-Atlantic native orchids. Jim Cootes continues his series on the section of the genus Dendrobium with section Breviflores and Olivier Turina introduces us to the stunning beauty of stanhopeas.

Rounding out the June 2025 issue

  • Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
  • Why Will It Not Bloom, Part 2 by Ron McHatton
  • Collector's Item - Aspasia principissa by Charles Wilson
  • Conservation Update:
  • Laboratory Reproduction and Reintroduction of Three Species of Andean Orchids by Ramón De Bedout and Julio Caycedo
  • For the Novice - Growing Phalaenopsis. What Can Go Wrong? by Sue Bottom
  • My Favorite Orchid - Rlc. George King 'Serendipity' AM/AOS by Brenda Tucker
  • Orchids Illustrated - Cottonia - Long-Ray Bee Orchids by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
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Coming in our July 2025 issue

  • Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
  • Why Will It Not Bloom, Part 3: Cymbidium by Ron McHatton
  • For the Novice - Sunburn or Something Else? by Sue Bottom
  • My Favorite Orchid - Vanda garayi by Barb Schmidt
  • Collector's Item - Lepanthes guatemalensis by Judith Rapacz-Hasler
  • Orchids Illustrated - Franz Paula von Schrank – Polymath by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
  • A Dresden rehearsal; Preparing for the 24th World Orchid Conference, Dresden, Germany 26th to 29th March 2026 - Clare and Johan Hermans
  • Dendrobium and its Relatives Part 11: Dendrobium section Holochrysa by Jim Cootes
  • Cattleya violacea Part 2 by Juraj Kojš
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