This month, Clare and Johan Hermans take us back to Madagascar to the habitat of Eulophiella roempleriana. This stunning orchid grows only in the tops of screw pines (pandanus) and is now extremely rare in its habitat.  Arthur Chadwick continues his series on First Ladies and Their Cattleyas with Cattleya Jacqueline Kennedy and rounding out our features, Jay Loeffler details his experiences growing Dendrophylax lindenii from flask.

Rounding out our December magazine issue

• Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
• Collector's Item - Acanthophippium mantinianum by Charles Wilson
• Judges' Corner - Inflorescence, Spike and Raceme in Judging by Jean Allen-Ikeson
• Orchids Illustrated - E.G. Camus - an unfamiliar botanist by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
• Lindleyana - New Caucaea Schltr. from Ecuador by Hugo Medina, José Portilla and Alexander Hirtz
• Book Review - Flora Mesoamericana Volume 7, Part 2 by Julian Shaw.