This month features an article written by Sandra Micucci, one of our Canadian members detailing her growing areas and how she has created spaces to manage her collection in a rigorous climate. There is something here for everyone and jam-packed with useful information. Dr. Joseph Arditti helps us understand why most orchid flowers rotate through 180 degrees to bring the lip lowermost (resupination), a most curious phenomenon. Clare Hermans and Johan Hermans introduce us to a largely unknown 19th century orchid painter, Émilie Vouga and Arthur Chadwick revists Mrs. Herbert Hoover and her namesake cattleya.

Rounding out our November issue

• Tom's Monthly Checklist
• Collector's Item - Sobennikoffia robusta  by Judith Rapacz-Hasler
• Orchids Illustrated - The Dell by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
• Judge's Corner - Judging Floriferousness, Part 2: Masdevallias and Paphiopedilums by Andrew Coghill-Behrends
• Lindleyana - Platystele (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae). Two new species from the Ecuadorian Amazon and a new record of Platystele pyriformis in Ecuador. Hugo Medina, José Portilla and Ívan Portilla
• Parting Shot - Prosthechea pulchra by Wesley Higgins and Tadeusz Kawecki