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Dendrobium bigibbum
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, and the United States. The society welcomes new members, wherever they may reside.
The next public meeting will be held on Sunday, May 4th at 2:30 p.m. at the Valley Garden Center at McColl and Highway 83 in McAllen, Texas (map).
The MIOS's annual membership fee for the year 2008 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.
[ Articles ]
"Paphiopedilum spicerianum: unravelling some of the mystery", Greig Russell
Paphiopedilum spicerianum. (image taken from plate 515-516 of Lindenia vol. 11 (1895); a double plate of Paphiopedilum Leeanum and its parents.
Much has been written about the history of the collection of Paphiopedilum spicerianum over the almost 130 years which have elapsed since its introduction . Throughout this body of knowledge, one problem exists; that of telling fact apart from fancy with any degree of certainty. For me, the major question involving this species is the report that it was originally gathered on the Assam-Bhutan border, an assertion that has not subsequently been supported. I have also felt that some clarification of the relationship between the three members of the Spicer family who were mentioned in these stories would be necessary to make sense of it all.
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"Books for the Serious Scholar", R J Ferry
Dust jacket of Vol. 4. Epidendroideae (Part one).
The volumes of this set listed above are in your editor's library, and remaining volumes to be ordered. The price tags per volume vary, depending on the availability and condition of each one. Some may be bought for a little over fifty five dollars, while other volumes are in the 120 dollar range. When the set is completed, these books are projected to treat the entire orchid family at the family, tribe, and subtribe levels, and particularly at the genus level.
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