Our June issue is traditionally the month in which we publish the winner of the prior-year's Dillon-Peterson Essay Contest and announce the topic for the current year. Congratulations to Carol Zakahi of Kailua Kona, Hawaii.  This month also features a beautifully illustrated article by Jean-Michel Hervouet and Chantal Misandeau on Ambodiriana forest protection in Madagascar and David Rosenfeld, MD continues his series Who Were These Guys? with a historical look at James Veitch, Sr. and the brothers Thomas and William Lobb.

Rounding out our June issue

• Tom's Monthly Checklist
• Orchid Places -Attached Greenhouses by Arthur E. Chadwick
• Genus of the Month - Aeranthes and the Green-Eyed Monster by Thomas Mirenda
• Judges' Corner - Judging Miltoniopsis by Mark Whelan
• The New Refugium Botanicum - Stanhopea ecornuta by Franco Pupulin
• Collector's Item - Dendrobium cuthbertsonii; two different perspectives provided by Tom Perlite and Elisabeth Breitenstein
• Orchids Illustrated - Women Illustrators - Matlida Smith by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich