2026/02 February ORCHIDS Magazine

Steve Gonzalez-Costa writes about his experiences with an outreach judging at a show in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Robert Griesbach tells us about the Corning brothers in the Gilded Age of Phalaenopsis.

Also in this issue

• Tom's Monthly Checklist by Thomas Mirenda
• Questions and Answers by Ron McHatton
• Membership Committee Update - Growing Together: Spotlight on Our Youth Essay Contest Winners by Deborah Boersma For the Novice - Bringing Home New Orchids by Sue Bottom
• Collector's Item - Coelia bella; A Real Beauty by David Rosenfeld, MD
• Nomenclature Notes - A Valid Name for the Hybrid Paphiopedilum (spicerianum × villosum) by Olaf Gruss and Julian M.H. Shaw 
• Orchids Illustrated - Pinalia — Gremlin Orchids by Wesley Higgins and Peggy Alrich
• My Favorite Orchid - Vanda Pachara Delight ‘Pachara’ FCC/JOGA, AM/AOS Martin A. Rivas
• Book review - Orchids of Vietnam in Color and Graphics by Daniel L. Geiger