Cattleya mossiae var. mossiae
Dendrobium lindleyi
Welcome to the website of the McAllen International Orchid Society (MIOS) Journal. The MIOS Journal is a monthly print publication devoted to the study of orchids. It includes articles that are scientific, horticultural, historic, and popular in nature. The unifying theme is orchids. This website contains only a selection of articles from the printed journal.
The MIOS itself is physically located in McAllen, TX and conducts monthly meetings. However, it has corresponding members worldwide, including Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The society welcomes new members, wherever they may reside.
The next public meeting will be held on Sunday, September 12th at 2:30 p.m. at the Lark Community Center (2601 Lark Ave) in McAllen, TX. It will be held in the Green Room, just to the right of the entrance as you enter.
The MIOS's annual membership fee for the year 2010 is twenty-five dollars U.S. ($25) and includes twelve monthly issues of the MIOS Journal (ISSN 1934-4880). Memberships begun mid-year will still receive all journal issues for that year. If interested in joining the society, please contact the MIOS for more information.
The MIOS Journal is always seeking new authors to write articles and book reviews on any aspect of orchids, be it scientific, horticultural, or popular. If interested in writing for the journal, or if you wish to submit an article for possible publication, please contact the editor.
También publicaremos artículos en español. Si Ud. ha escrito un artículo que tiene algo de ver con las orquídeas y lo quiere publicar, pongase en contacto con el editor.
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"One Cymbidium", Greig Russell
The fine hand-coloured lithograph published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine of a drawing by W. Fitch (the elder), of Cymbidium atropurpureum, decidedly of the darker western form of the species, from a plant flowering in the nurseries of Messrs Rollison of Tooting, London in March 1868; of uncertain provenance. Digital photo CANRTLWY.jpg; G. Russell.
Our Editor's article on two of the coriaceous-leaved species of Cymbidium, published in the July issue of the MIOS Journal, is one that gratifies me greatly; I believe that this group of plants is very undervalued. They are easily grown, easy to flower under a wide range of fairly-warm to warm conditions (as I imagine would be found in the valley of the Rio Grande) and flower at a time when there is little else to grace the flowering benches of our growing houses.
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"The Orchids of Nepal", Paul Martin Brown
Cover of The Orchids of Nepal.
From the publisher: 10 years of research has gone into gathering the information for this book. More than 900 color photographs are used to illustrate the 302 native orchids found in the Himalayan area of Nepal. Most photographs depict the orchids in their natural habitat. It also provides information on distribution, phenology, ecology, conservation status and threats that may endanger them. An important tool for the botanist, the researcher and the Himalayan orchid lover. -- http://orchidsfloraofnepal.blogspot.com/
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