2020/08 August ORCHIDS Magazine

Rhyncholaelia digbyana, the source of those wonder frilled lips we love in today's modern cattleya hybrids, is the subject of a beautifully illustrated feature article by Stephen van Kampen-Lewis who talks us through its history and breeding influences.  Kelsey Huisman shares with us her tale of hunting teagueias in Ecuador. This rare, fascinating genus from the Pleurothallidinae comes from the high elevation cloud forests of Andes certainly making them something that almost none of us experience in the wild. Rounding out our August issue, David Rosenfeld continues his series on the icons of our orchid history with Hugh Low - of Paphiopedilum lowii, Phalaenopsis  lowii and Dimorphorchis lowii fame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also in this issue

• Collector's Item - Bulbophyllum maxillare
• Conservation Committee - Cypripedium guttatum
• In Pursuit of Teagueia - Fieldwork in the Most Mysterious and Dangerous Mountains of Ecuador
• Lindleyana - Studies on Oberonia 7 - Ten New Synonyms of Oberonia equitans (G. Forst.) Mutel Indicated by Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny
• New Rufugium Botanicum - Coelogyne lawrenceanum
• Orchids Illustrated - de Vriese
• Orchids in Watercolor - Isotria verticillata
• Rhyncholaelia Digbyana - The Frilled Wonder
• Species Identification Task Force - Cattleya bradei 'Elizabeth Anne' CHM/AOS
• Tom's Monthly Checklist - August: The Month of the Fireflies
• Who Were These Guys: Part 11 - Hugh Low (1824-1905)