2025/10 October ORCHIDS Magazine

These popular dendrobiums are easily grown and produce stunningly beautiful specimens. Gisela Utz discusses general orchid culture in her article called "Caring for Orchids in the Greenhouse." For those without greenhouses, don't let the title scare you off. The article is chock-full of information useful to all growers. Sexual dimorphism (remarkably different male and female flowers) is rare in orchids, commonly only in the Catasetinae. Günter Gerlach discusses the sex lives of these plants in his article "The True Sex Life of Catasetum and Cycnoches and rounding out our October issue, Tim Culbertson presents a beautiful article on breeding miniature lycastes.

Also in this issue

• Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
• Questions and Answers by Ron McHatton
• For the Novice - Humidity and Vapor Pressure Deficit by Sue Bottom
• My Favorite Orchid - Phragmipedium Jason Fischer 'Janet's Patience' AM/AOS by James Roberts
• Collector's Item - You have to try a Chysis by David Rosenfeld, MD
• Artificial Intelligence - Coding for Orchids: Maximizing Research with AI by Carter Kuehn
• GREATIdeas - Telephone Wire Loops to Support Phalaenopsis Spikes by Ed Wright and Bill Tippit
• Orchids Illustrated - Bletilla - The Urn Orchid by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich