The October issue features the fourth part of a five-part series on modern artificial light and growing orchids authored by Kelly McCracken, owner of High Desert Orchids in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Also featured in the October issue is a beautifully illustrated article on miniature paphiopedilums by Deb Boersma. This issue also features an article on Venezuela's Cattleya quadricolor authored by Dr. Sebastian Aguirre Vallejo and an article on the discoverers of vanilla hand pollination by Dr. Joseph Arditti.

Rounding out our October issue

• Tom's Monthly Checklist
• Genus of the Month - Aspasia by Thomas Mirenda and Wolfgang Rysy
• Conservation Update - Call for nominations for the Phillip E. Keenan award
• The New Refugium Botanicum - Vanilla costaricensisby Adam Karremans
• For the Novice - Virus Testing - Do You Really Want to Know? by Sue Bottom
• Collector's Item - Holcoglossum kimballianum  by Judith Rapacz-Hasler
• Orchids Illustrated - Dendrobium section Latouria - by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich