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 - April 2025

April 2025

Our April issue traditionally features the FCCs from 2024 and the new year-end speciall annual awards. This April's issue is, in a word, lavish. Carol Klonowski presents the 2024 FCCs - all 90 of them!  If that weren't enough, Nile Dusdieker's article entitled "Honors and Accolades" presents the Society's 24 special annual awards in living color.

Rounding out the April 2025 issue

  • Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
  • Orchid Q&A by Ron McHatton
  • Collector's Item - Dactylorhiza by Charles Wilson
  • For the Novice - Buying Seedling Orchids by Sue Bottom
  • In Memoriam - Remembering Jean Allen-Ikeson by her family, friends and staff
  • GreatIdeas - Alternative to Plastic or Terra Cotta Pots by Daniel Duda
  • My Favorite - Guarianthe Guatemalensis ‘Memoria Ken Vrabel’ CCM/AOS by Kay Perry
  • Orchids Illustrated - Laurent de Chazelles by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
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Coming in our May 2025 issue

  • Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
  • Questions & Answers by Ron McHatton
  • My Favorite Orchid - Dendrobium albiflorum 'Joyce Kelly' CCM/AOS by Robert Winkley
  • Collector's Item - Mediocalcar decoratum by Judith Rapacz-Hasler 
  • Conservation Update by Jacob Phelps
  • Volunteer Service Awards by the Awards Committee
  • Orchids Illustrated - Joseph Pitton de Tournefort - Foundations of Classification by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
  • Dendrobium and Its Relatives - Dendrobium section dolichocentrum by Jim Cootes
  • Elleanthus myrosmatis and Other Hummingbird-Pollinated Orchids from the Selva Central of Peru by Günter and Corina Gerlach
  • Cymbidium goeringii - Essential Tips for Success by Jaesun Ma
  • Lindleyana: Cyrtochilum incurvilobum by Stig Dalström, Marta Kolanowska, Saúl Ruíz-Perez and Guido Deburghgraeve
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