2022/03 March ORCHIDS Magazine

Our March issue features the fantastically another installment of the Orchids in Bhutan series by Stig Dalström and his Bhutanese collaborators. This installment, Arachnis (the "Esmeraldas") features the fantastically beautiful members of the former genus Esmeralda native to the mountainous "land of the thunder dragon."  Udai C. Pradhan and his daughter, Hemlata Pradhan take us on an armchair adventure to locate now rare Paphiopedilum fairrieanum in India and Fred Clarke provides a colorful article on candy-striped mini-catt breeding at Sunset Valley Orchids. Rounding out the March features is an article on the history of orchid seed - first observations, illustrations and early attempts at germination by Joseph Arditti.

 

 

 

 

Also in this issue

• A Tryst with Paphiopedilum Fairrieanum
• Candy-Striped Mini-Catts
• Collector's Item - Epidendrum pseudepidendrum Rchb. f. 1856
• Conservation Update - Conservation Recognition Award
• For the Novice - Phototropism in Cattleya Alliance Inflorescences
• Orchids of Bhutan - Arachnis (the "Esmeraldas")
• Orchids Illustrated - Serapias
• Orchid Places - Viracochasi, Peru
• Orchid Seeds - First Observations, Illustrations, and Germination
• Tom's Monthly Checklist - March: The Month of Fasting