Since I no longer subscribe to the "Orchids", I will not be able to reproduce the "Q & A" pages from that publication.

I am positng excerpts of the "Questions and Answers" from the recent issues of "Orchids", the Magazine of the American Orchid Society (AOS).  I have received a written permission from the AOS to reproduce the articles on my Web site to promote orchid culture.

"Orchids"

Issue Date

Questions and Answers

(reproduced with permission from the AOS)

December 2002

Dendrobium Questions

Fusarium Wilt

Virus Problems

November 2002

Growing Phaius

Keiki Care

Cold Treatment

October 2002

Vanda Fails to Flower

How to Control Ants

Tropical American Destinations

A Taste of Orchids

September 2002

Brassia and Light

Pruning Epidendrums

August 2002

Vanilla Orchid

Sphagnum Moss

Dendrobium Ailment

July 2002

There are no "Questions and Answers" this month.

June 2002

There are no "Questions and Answers" this month.

May 2002

Flower Damage

Zygopetalum Relative

Cymbidium Care

Potting Mix

April 2002

There are no "Questions and Answers" this month.

March 2002

Controlling Scale

Two Forms of Calcium

Miltonidium

Scale on Phalaenopsis

February 2002

Epsom Salt

Flowering Cymbidiella

Mastering Miltonias

Building on Success

Slipper Dilemma

Leaf Color

January 2002 There are no "Questions and Answers" this month.

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December 2001

Spraying for Mites

Storing Rainwater

Reliable Vendors

Colchicine Information

November 2001

Cattleya in Hawaii

Phalaenopsis Care

Water Temperature

The Larger the Better

October 2001

Missing Names

Encyclia Identification

Reluctant Paphiopedilums

Cattleya guttata

September 2001

Phytophthora Disease

Cloning Orchids

Trouble with Leaves

Harvest Time

August 2001

Oncidium Roots

Caring for Phalaenopsis

Cloning Slipper Orchids

Temperatures for Cattleyas

Harvesting Phalaenopsis Seed

July 2001

Equitant Oncidiums

Brassavola Care

Cymbidium Foliage

Phalaenopsis Leaf Mystery

June 2001

Light and Orchids

Oncidiums and Brassias

Phalaenopsis Crown Rot

May 2001

Choosing Fertilizers

Smaller Pseudobulbs

Drying Growths

About Stenocoryne

April 2001

Native Orchids

Change of Environments

Moth Orchids

Judging Orchids

Repotting a Dendrobium

March 2001

Psychopsis Culture

Crossing Cattleyas

Identity Crisis

Fertilizer Formulas

February 2001

Storing Pollen

Dendrobium chrysotoxum

Physurus Culture

Bromine Gas in a Spa Room

Bletilla striata

Equitant Oncidiums

January 2001

Removing Pollen

Leaf-Tip Burn

Question Potpourri

Old-Wood Greenhouse

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December 2000

Bulbophyllum skkimense

Floridan Eulophias

Masdevallia in Sacramento

Phalaenopsis in Sweden

November 2000

Urea-Based Fertilizers

Blind Sheaths

Confused

Prophylactic Spraying

Brassia Repotting

October 2000

Legal or Not

Endemic Mealybugs

Viral Symptoms

Rank Water

September 2000

Growing Room for Cattleya

Root-Tip Color

Poor Quality Water

Encyclia bifida

August 2000

Jewel Orchid Propagation

Cleaning Fiberglass

Uder-Lights Culture

Water Quality

July 2000

Pectellis Flask

Volck Oil Spray

Coconut Chips

June 2000

Three Points

Encyclia lancifolia

Starting Backbulbs

Zygopetgalum x Lycaste

May 2000

Sticking Flowers

For Dry Conditions

Dormancy?

Meristemming Monopodials

Physan Overdose

April 2000

Phalaenopsis Problem

Jewel Orchids

Phaius Culture

No Flowers

Plant Sitter

March 2000

Dendrobium Care

Softened Water

Flowering Vanilla

Christensonia vietnamica

February 2000

Dehydration

Vigorous Vanda

Calanthe Culture

Liparis viridiflora

January 2000 Dendrobiums

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December 1999

 

 

 

 

 

Virus in Phalaenopsis

Culture of Alba Orchids

Inobulbon munificum

Ansellia africana

Defining Back Cutting

Phragmipediums

November 1999

 

 

Thrips on Dendrobiums

Night Length

Phalaenopsis Hybrid Flowers

October 1999

 

 

 

Brachypetalum Seedlings

Honey Dew

Big Vanda

Holcoglossum kimballiana

Black New Growths

September 1999

 

 

 

Miltonias

Off the Wall

Black Spots on Leaves

Night Length

August 1999

 

 

 

Dendrobium speciosum

Nun Orchid

Sweat Pearls

Cuitlauzina pendula

July 1999

 

 

Alamania punicea

Peristeria elata

Charcoal Medium

June 1999

 

 

 

Liaris nutans

Psychopsis papillio

Cymbidium sinese

Humidity

May 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phalaenopsis Spiking

Blasting Cymbidium Buds

Garage Growing

Keikis or Flowers

Phragmipedium Culture

Long Spikes

Purple Spots

Washing Orchids

Maxillaria sophronitis

April 1999

 

 

Phalaenopsis Leaves

Paphiopedilum delenatii

Oncidium Sharry Baby

Dendrobium Delicatum

March 1999

 

 

 

Eulophia quartiniana

Fertilizing Injector Dosage

Spotted Oncidium Leaves

Aquarium Water

Air Conditioning

Double Header

February 1999

 

 

 

Doritaenopsis Dilemma

Rooting Orchids

Aerangis appendiculata

Colmanara Wildcat

January 1999

 

 

 

 

Multiple-headed Phalaenopsis

Bothriochilus bellus

Roots or Spikes

Small Spiders

Orchid Species

Hungry Cymbidiums

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December 1998

 

 

 

Redwood Bark

Habenaria rhodocheila

Night Lights

Paphinia herrerae

November 1998

 

 

 

Flowering Vandas

Long Vanda Roots

Pest Plants

Phalaenopsis Flowering

October 1998

 

 

 

 

Boisduval Scales

Catasetum laminatum

Information Hungry

Masdevallia Leaf Spot

Preventive Spraying

September 1998

 

Iwanagara Appleblossom

Virus Control

Auguts 1998 Water-Quality Concerns

July 1998

 

 

Dendrobiums in Lava Rock

Chicken Manure

Salt Buildup

June 1998

 

Cattleyas

Black Rot

May 1998

 

 

Mealybugs on Phalaenopsis

Softened vesus Cold Water

Spikes on Spikes

April 1998

 

 

Flowering Paphiopedilums

Phalaenopsis Leaves

Phalaenopsis Buds

March 1998

 

Cattleya Divisions

Scale Problem

February 1998

 

Brassavola nodosa

Urea Content

Dendrobium spectabile

January 1998

 

Phalaenopsis Keikis

Aerial Root

Rockwool

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