The first World Orchid Congress in the Americas since 2008 will take place in Guayaquil, Ecuador in November of 2017.  Ecuador is home to over 4,000 different species and one never has to go far to discover something new.  Orchid ‘Hunting’ may evoke an image of dense forest, blood-sucking insects and dangerous predators but it is perfectly easy to amble along Ecuador’s roads in comfort and find a wonderful variety of orchids and ordinary plants in camera’s reach.  Join Johan and Clare Hermans as they take us on an armchair orchid hunting trip along Ecuador's roadsides. Perhaps it will inspire you to go to Guayaquil's World Orchid Conference.  You won't be disappointed.   Also in this issue, Jean Allen-Ikeson concludes her thorough article on Oncidium fuscatum and its hybrids, Peter Bernhardt continues his series on the natural history of orchids in Yunnan Province China and Sue Bottom demystifies those pesky bacterial and fungal rots.