2023/05 May ORCHIDS Magazine

This month features a wonderfully illustrated article on white habenaria hybrids written by Leon Glicenstein. Habenaria hybrids are becoming more and more popular as their availability increases and white-flowered hybrids can be particularly striking. For growers of Catasetinae, figuring out how to get male flowers on plants that seem to always want to produce less-attractive female flowers can be quite frustrating. This month features a careful, detailed experiment undertaken by David Nickerson examining the factors that induce catasetums to produce male flowers. Throughout the world many species of native orchids have been harvested, often for centuries, for medicinal and food purposes and our third feature of the month attempts to answer the question "Is sustainable harvest of native wild orchid species possible?" 

 

 

Also in this issue

• Collector's Item - Bulbophyllum bicolor
• Genus of the Month - Thelymitr
• Let There be White! - White Habenaria Hybrids
• Lindleyana - New Records of Lepanthes Sw. from Ecuador - Pt. 2
• Male Catasetinae Flowers - Induction of Male Flowers from Plants that Consistently Produce Female Flowers
• Orchids Illustrated - Cycnoches
• Society Recognition - Recognition Awards Spring 2023
• Sustainable Harvest - Is Sustainable Orchid Harvest Possible?
• Tom's Monthly Checklist - May: The Month of Spiritual Hospitality