Featured this month

A jewel of the orchid world returns for its 78th outing the 20th–22nd of this month - The Santa Barbara International Orchid Show. In commemoration, this month features the first of a two-part article on the Grand Champion cymbidiums of this spectacular show. Part 1 chronicles the first 40 years with color pictures of all of the award winners and part 2 will take us from 1986 to the present. Juraj Kojš continues his series on Cattleya violacea and its hybrids with a discussion of the hybrids made prior to the 20th century and Esteban (Steve) Gonzalez-Costa presents the second in a series of articles on recent outreach judging in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Rounding out our features this month, Graham Guest begins a series of articles on the hybridizing legacy of Andy Easton who passed away early last year.

Rounding out the March 2026 issue

• Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
• Questions and Answers by Ron McHatton
• Membership Committee Update - Nurturing Curiosity: Welcoming Elizabeth Rizik to the Gift-A-Youth Program Deborah Boersma 
• Book review 205 Women, Art and Orchid by Roland Schettler
• For the Novice - Tree Fern Baskets by Sue Bottom
• Collector’s Item - Gastrochilus bellinus; An Eyecatcher in the Display Case by Michaela Douglas
• Nomenclature Notes - Nomenclatural Curation of the Orchid Hybrid Register, February 2026 by Julian M.H. Shaw
• Affiliated Societies Update - Who is the Venice Area Orchid Society and How We Keep an Active Society by Jay Loeffler
• GREATIdeas - Telephone Wire Loops to Support Phalaenopsis Spikes by Ed Wright and Bill Tippit
• Orchids Illustrated - Acineta — Mexico to South America by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
• My Favorite Orchid - Encycla Newberry Tuity Fruity ‘Maxted’s Yum-Yum’ AM-CCM/AOS by Catherine Higgins