Satyrium nepalense var. ciliatum
Phaius tankervilleae
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 Belize, 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, May 6th at 2:30 p.m. at the Palm View Community Center (3401 Jordan Rd) in McAllen, TX. It will be held in the Green Room.
The MIOS's annual membership fee for the year 2012 is thirty dollars U.S. ($30) 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 ]
"Terrestrial and Semi Saprophytic Orchid Species Diversity of Darjeeling Himalaya of West Bengal, India", Rajendra Yonzone, D. Lama, R. B. Bhujel, Khyanjeet Gogoi, and Samuel Rai
Location of the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.
The present paper reports the occurrence of 94 terrestrial and semi saprophytic orchid species diversity that belongs to 35 genera. Of them, 17 species with 6 genera are semi saprophytic and the rest 77 species with 29 genera are terrestrial. Among them, 15 medicinally important terrestrial species found in the regions. This attempt is the first step to correct taxonomic identification to work out currently accepted botanical names with voucher specimen numbers, habitat, altitudinal range, phenology and locality of terrestrial and semi saprophytic orchid species occurring in Darjeeling Himalaya of India. The extent of over exploitation of orchid species has been to satisfy individuals who have illegally taken the entire orchid wealth of the region. Orchids with commercial value in national and international markets were the first to be exploited.
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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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