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Orchids Magazine

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Latest Issue - June 2026

June 2026

Featured this month

The Dendrobium series by Jim Cootes continues this month with Part 20: Dendrobium section Aporum. This curious group of species is considered to be a separate genus, Aporum, by some taxonomists but is currently accepted by Plants of the World Online as a section of an expanded genus Dendrobium. Regardless of where you put this group, these plants, with their unusual imbricated foliage, deserve a bigger presence in our collections.  This month also concludes the series on Cattleya violacea Hybrids by Juraj Kojš with a lavishly illustrated survey of the hybrids of the 21st century.

Rounding out the June 2026 issue

  • Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
  • Questions and Answers by Ron McHatton
  • Membership Committee Update - Spotlight on James Sim: From Jakarta to Australia, a Young Judge’s Path by Deb Boersma
  • Education Committee Update - The Orchid Culture Project by Jane Butcher, Bridget Andoe, and Marinel Kelley/ Foreword by Eron Borne 
  • For the Novice - Root Rot Caused by Rhizoctonia Sue Bottom
  • Collector’s Item - Oncidium leucochilum Bateman ex Lindl. 1837 by Judith Rapacz-Hasler
  • Orchids Illustrated - Nervilia Shield Orchids by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
  • Lindleyana - Encyclia infernula P. Szabó & Szeszko: A New Species of Encyclia (Laeliinae) From Western Mexico and Nomenclatural Confusion in an Old Species by Dennis R. Szeszko and Pétér É. Szabó
    My Favorite Orchid - A Dendrobium nobile Hybrid by Nancy A. Marley
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Coming in the July 2026 Issue

  • Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
  • Questions and Answers by Ron McHatton
  • For the Novice - Give Us Air! The Importance of Fresh Air by Sue Bottom
  • Membership Committee Update - Rooted in Curiosity. The Orchid Journey of Alejandro Montoya Sandoval by Deb Boersma
  • Collector's Item - Cattleya velutina Rchb. f. 1870 - The velvety Cattleya by Judith Rapacz-Hasler
  • Orchids Illustrated - Women Illustrators: — Elizabeth and Margaret Wharton by Peggy Alrich and Wesley Higgins
  • Affiliated Societies Update - Expanding Impact Through Partnership: An Affiliate Society’s Collaboration with the American Orchid Society by Jamie Krochmal, Don Greaser, and Vijai Singh.
  • Energy Efficient Greenhouse Design by Douglas C. Needham
  • The Amazing Spider Orchids - The Genus Caladenia by Jacopo Calevo
  • Vanda coelestis (Rchb.f.) Motes - A New Combination with Taxonomic and Horticultural Significance by Martin Motes, PhD, and Jason L. Downing, PhD
  • My Favorite Orchid - Dryadella simula by Josephine deBeaubien
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