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Paphiopedilum in China; Part IX
First Ladies and Their Cattleyas
Orchids of Mexico; Part IV, the Miniatures
Cypripedium in the Northwest
Ophrys in Sicily
Cattleya luteola ‘Highjack’, CCE/AOS
Seasonal Changes in Light
Mystacidium capense

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May 2014

Paphiopedilum in China Part IX

IN 1854 THE GREAT BRITISH

orchidologist John Lindley (1799–

1865) published the formal...

May 2014

Orchids of Mexico

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE

world of miniature or dwarf orchids to

the grower with l...

May 2014

First Ladies and Their Cattleyas

HAVING WON THE GREATEST WAR

of the 20th century, President Dwight

eisenhower in 1953 ...

May 2014

FOR THE NOVICE

THE REAL ORCHID FOOD IS LIGHT,

not that blue stuff that comes in a jar.

solar radiati...

May 2014

COLLECTOR’S ITEM

WE ADORE ANGRAECOIDS. With the

official orchid for the 21st World orchid

conference (...

May 2014

PARTING SHOT

I AM A YOUNG ADULT WHO HAS AN ADDICTION. I REMEMBER THE DAY I

became an addict. This moment c...

May 2014

Sicily 2013

I MET TOM MIRENDA AT A North

American Native Orchid Conference

meeting some time ago, ...

May 2014

Changes in Sunlight

THE HOURS OF DAYLIGHT VARY as

a function of season and latitude. at the

equator, there...

May 2014

AOS EDUCATION COMMITTEE

WHAT CAN THE AOS DO TO interest

the youth of today in orchids? that is

the question t...

May 2014

TOM’S MONTHLY CHECKLIST

A GREAT THINKER NAMED HELEN

Keller once wrote this: “Security is mostly

a superstitio...

May 2014

PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

AS I LOOK BACK ON MY OWN PAST,

having now reached 92, I realize that I

have always bee...

May 2014

Names Matter — Don’t They?

SINCE 1987, WITH THE PUBLICATION

of phillip cribb’s influential monograph,

The Genus ...

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