2018/01 January ORCHIDS Magazine

This month Laura Azandi, supported partly by an AOS research fellowship, reports on the work of her and her coworkers on the genus Cyrtorchis in Central Africa.  This group of angraecoid orchids has long been prized for their large, long-spurred fragrant flowers.  Also featured in this issue, Laura Bonnell begins her three-part series on the Dendrobium bigibbum complex and it's hybrids.  Her first installment focuses on the species, its two varieties and the nomenclatural changes surrounding this group. 

Continuing her excellent novice series, Sue Bottom discusses the bane of our existence as orchid growers - bud blast and flower blighting.  Tom Mirenda also continues his examination of the Oncidiinae with a beautifully illustrated survey of the genus Brassia - those fantastic spiders!

Also in this issue

• Book Review - Conservation Methods for Terrestrial Orchids
• Dendrobium bigibbum, Species and Hybrids: Part 1
• For the Novice - Bud Blast and Flower Blighting
• Genus of the Month - Brassia
• New Refugium Botanicum - Chondrorhyncha yamilethiae
• Orchids Illustrated - Flore des serres et jardins de l’Angleterre
• The genus Cyrtorchis in Central Africa with a focus on its two sections