The Orchid Review back issues

• Romanian orchids: a neglected bounty – Nora De Angelli gives a guided tour of the beautiful orchidaceous treasures of her Romanian homeland
• Preserving the orchids of Palau – in this detailed report, learn about the efforts being made to protect the orchids of a Pacific Island paradise
• Some orchid harbingers of summer – Leon Glicenstein takes to the woods to look at the orchids that accompany warmer weather in the eastern US

• A brief history of orchids – chronicling the bizarre, exotic saga of orchids, Nora De Angelli surveys the many guises they have assumed down the ages
• Orchids of the British Embassy in Washington – Julian Shaw presents a remarkable collection and a cattleya that marks a special occasion
• A new wave of Cattleya hybrids from Japan – introducing a cast of new cattleyas, Munekazu Ejiri shares details about this new generation of orchids

Explore the past, present and future of a collection of pleiones; learn the secrets to producing prize-winning paphiopedilums; discover the life of a remarkable French botanical prodigy; see a farewell tribute to the genus Chelonistele; delve into propagating orchids in Cuba; uncover the enthusiasm of a non-conformist of botanical art; and get a round-up of the RHS Orchid Awards.

Explore the latest on RHS awards and an update of AGMs; discover how after a breeding hiatus, Cattleya maxima is back with a bang; uncover the magical world of jewel orchids and why they are a collector’s dream; examine the life of Rumphius and unearth a tale of discovery and disaster; and delve into the history of some forgotten figures from the great days of orchidology.