2018/02 February ORCHIDS Magazine

This month Laura Bonnell continues her series on the Dendrobium bigibbum complex, discussing the development of modern den-phals (those full, round-flowered hybrids that are so popular in the marketplace) and the intrasectional hybrids between bigibbum and its various forms and the other species in Dendrobium section Phalaenanthe.

Robert Fuchs, of R.F. Orchids, discusses the quest for large-flowered red vandas and Jean Allen-Ikeson presents the development of white cattleyas.

Also in this issue

• Dendrobium bigibbum, Part 2: The Hybrids
• For the Novice - Calcium Deficiency in Cattleyas
• Genus of the Month - Caucaea
• New Refugium Botanicum - Maxillaria rodrigueziana
• Orchids Illustrated - Timothy Sheldrake
• Parting Shot - My Tryst with Cattleyas up in the Himalayas
• The Hunt for Red Vandas
• The Story of White Cattleyas