February 2026

February 2026

Featured this month

Jim Cootes continues his series on the genus Dendrobium with Part 19: Dendrobium sections Lichenastrum and Microphyllaea; two very small sections with miniature species. Steve Gonzalez-Costa writes about his experiences with an outreach judging at a show in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Robert Griesbach tells us about the Corning brothers in the Gilded Age of Phalaenopsis.

Rounding out the February 2026 issue

  • Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
  • Questions and Answers by Ron McHatton
  • Membership Committee Update - Growing Together: Spotlight on Our Youth Essay Contest Winners by Deborah Boersma For the Novice - Bringing Home New Orchids by Sue Bottom
  • Collector’s Item - Coelia bella; A Real Beauty by David Rosenfeld, MD
  • Nomenclature Notes - A Valid Name for the Hybrid Paphiopedilum (spicerianum × villosum) by Olaf Gruss and Julian M.H. Shaw 
  • Orchids Illustrated - Pinalia — Gremlin Orchids by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
  • My Favorite Orchid - Vanda Pachara Delight ‘Pachara’ FCC/JOGA, AM/AOS Martin A. Rivas
  • Book review - Orchids of Vietnam in Color and Graphics by Daniel L. Geiger
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Coming in the March 2026 Issue

  • Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
  • Questions and Answers by Ron McHatton
  • For the Novice - Tree Fern Baskets by Sue Bottom
  • Affiliated Societies Update - The Venice Area Orchid Society and How We Keep an Active Society by Jay Loeffler
  • Collector's Item - Gastrochilus bellinus by David Michaela Douglas
  • Orchids Illustrated - Acineta - Mexico to Western South America by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
  • Cattleya violacea Hybrids, Part 1 - Overview and the 19th Century by Juraj Kojš
  • Outreach Judging in Rio Grande do Sul Brasil, Part II: Show, Judging, Awards by Esteban (Steve) Gonzalez-Costa
  • Grand Champion Cymbidiums of the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show By Heidi Kirkpatrick
  • The Easton Dossiers, Part 1: Cymbidium devonianum by Graham Guest
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