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 - January 2026

January 2026

Featured this month

Jim Cootes continues his series on the genus Dendrobium with Part 18: Dendrobium sections Bolbodium, Brevisaccata and Microphytanthe; three small sections with only a few species each. Tim Culbertson astounds us with the lavishly illustrated second part of his articles on breeding in the Pescatoria Alliance. Steve Gonzalez treats us to his firsthand experiences with orchid growers in Portugal and Julian Shaw introduces us to Thomas W. Briscoe, the overlooked man who filled the nine-year gap between Seden's retirement from Veitch's Nursery and its sale.

Rounding out the January 2026 issue

  • Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
  • Questions and Answers by Ron McHatton
  • For the Novice - Why Orchids Need a Drop in Nighttime Temperature? by Sue Bottom
  • My Favorite Orchid - Bulbophyllum cocoinum 'Lyric' CCE/AOS by Marcia Whitmore
  • Collector's Item - Masdevallia sotoanum by Judith Rapacz-Hasler
  • Orchids Illustrated - Restrepia - a Show Pleurothallid by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
  • Education Committee Update - Making History - Orchids 4 Ever Celebrates its First Year by Mary Henman, Miranda Warmuskirken, Foreword by Eron Borne
  • Judges' Corner - AOS Judges Take Flight: Supporting the Denver Orchid Society Show by Josephine deBeaubien
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Coming in the February 2026 Issue

  • Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
  • Questions and Answers by Ron McHatton
  • For the Novice - Bringing Home New Orchids by Sue Bottom
  • Collector's Item - Coelia bella 'Stunning' AM-CCE/AOS by David Rosenfeld, MD
  • Orchids Illustrated - Pinalia - Gremlin Orchids by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
  • Dendrobium and Its Relatives - Part 19: Dendrobium sections Lichenastrum and Monophyllaea by Jim Cootes
  • Santa Marta Reveals Her Secrets - Old Orchids Become Like New Again by Tatiana Arias and Stig Dalström 
  • Outreach Judging in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Part I: Preparation, Trip and Greenhouse Visits by Esteban (Steve) Gonzalez-Costa
  • Gilded Age of Phalaenopsis – The Corning’s by R.J. Griesbach
  • My Favorite Orchid - Vanda Pachara Delight 'Pachara' FCC/JOGA, AM/AOS by Martin A. Rivas
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