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 - May 2025

May 2025

Featured in our May issue is the 9th part of Jim Cootes' series on Dendrobium and Its Relatives, Dendrobium section Dolichocentrum. Günter Gerlach and Corina Gerlach present an article on Elleanthus myrosmatis and its hummingbird pollinators in Peru and rounding out our features, Jaesun Ma discusses Cymbidium goeringii culture.

Rounding out the May 2025 issue

  • Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
  • Why Will It Not Bloom, Part 1 by Ron McHatton
  • Collector's Item - Mediocalcar decoratum by Judith Rapacz-Hasler
  • Conservation Updates:
  • A Guide to Building Ethical Orchid Collections and Societies by Jacob Phelps
  • Protecting the Plants We Love by Jacob Phelps
  • Volunteer Service Awards by the  Awards Committee
  • My Favorite Orchid - Dendrobium albiflorum ‘Joyce Kelly’ CCM/AOS by Robert Winkley
  • Orchids Illustrated - Joseph Pitton de TournefortFoundations of Classification by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
  • Lindleyana - Cyrtochilum incurvilobum Dalström and Ruíz Perez, sp. nov. by Stig Dalström, Marita Kolanowska, Saúl Ruíz-Perez and Guido Deburghgraeve
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Coming in our June 2025 issue

  • Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
  • Why Will It Not Bloom, Part 2: Phalaenopsis by Ron McHatton
  • My Favorite Orchid - Rhyncholaeliocattleya George King 'Serendipity' AM/AOS by Brenda Tucker
  • Collector's Item - Aspasia by Charles Wilson
  • Conservation Update - Laboratory Reproduction and Reintroduction into the Forest of Three Species of Andean Orchids at Risk of Extinction by R. De Bedout and J. Caycedo
  • Orchids Illustrated - Cottonia - Long-Ray Bee Orchids by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
  • Documentation and Conservation of Chikanda Orchids in the Highlands of Southern Tanzania by Peter J. Zale
  • Motion Capture Cameras and Pollinator Relationships
  • Stanhopea by Olivier Turina
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