The new year celebrates R.F. Orchids turning 50 and the January issue features an article by Robert Fuchs on 100 years of orchids and the Fuchs family.  Rudolf Jenny relates the history of the genus Loefgreniathus and Alberto Löfgren and Kinley Rabgay and Stig Dalström on the Orchids in Bhutan series with an article on Pholidota recurva.  Sue Bottom returns with advice on things to consider when buying new plants and Alan L. Kaitz, MD tells us about growing orchids in a retirement community.

Rounding out our January issue:

• Tom's Monthly Checklist
• The New Refugium Botanicum - Dendrobium macrophyllum
• Orchids Illustrated - The Cypripediums of North America
• Book Review - Rankafu: Orchid Print Album