Four new orchid species from Sulawesi described by Peter O’Byrne, the largest single number in any MOR issue.
Nadia Wright argues that V. Miss Joaquim was a delibrate cross (see also 1982 issue).
Tim Yam proposes the varietal parents of V. Miss Joaquim were teres v. aurorea and hookeriana.
Taeniophyllum obtusum has flowers a few mm diameter. Magnified about x10.
About 25,000 flowers on ten plants of Coelogyne rochussenii was grown by Mak Chin On.
Front Cover: Arundina graminifolia (photo by Yam Tim Wing)
Deaths of Tan Hoon Siang and Chay Sing Hai, both past OSSEA presidents.