Our November issue contains the fifth installment in Jim Cootes's series on dendrobiums and their relatives with Part 5: Dendrobium section Formosae including some of the most beautiful species in the entire genus. Jean-Michel Hervouet and Chantal Misandeau provide an update on the ongoing Ambodiriana Forest conservation in Madagascar and Jean-Michel Hervouet, Thierry Pailler and Véronique Lavergne describe a new species of Cynorkis, Cynorkis manompanensis discovered as part of this effort. Rounding out our features this month, Alfonso Doucette and Luis Ocupa-Horna officially describe Lepanthes mononoke, a new species of Lepanthes from Peru.

Rounding out our November 2024 issue:

• Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
• For the Novice - Watering: Techniques for Success by Ron McHatton
• Collector's Item - The Scorpion Orchids: Arachnis Blume 1825 by Charles Wilson
• Orchid Q&A by Ron McHatton
• Orchids Illustrated - Researching Orchid Literature by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
• In Memoriam - Harry Zelenko (1928-2024) provided to us by his daughter, Lori Zelenko