The Orchid Review Yearbook 2025/26

Orchids are the most popular houseplants on Earth and The Orchid Review Yearbook 2025/26 is the RHS publication celebrating them in all their strange and beautiful guises. Discover the top stories, features, and must-reads from this annual issue. The Orchid Review Yearbook is dedicated to the celebration and deeper understanding of orchids, backed by RHS expertise in growing, showing and studying these special plants

Whatever level your interest in orchids, there is something in The Orchid Review Yearbook 2025/26 to fascinate and inspire. With six pages of expert advice and a masterclass for domestic gardeners in growing orchids from seed, practical considerations are well catered for, and if you find the vast choice of orchids overwhelming then the feature on orchids gaining the RHS Award of Garden Merit is a must.

Orchid profiles include National Collections of adorable Dendrochilum and Lepanthes and the RHS Orchid Registrars give a rundown of some of the best introductions from the last year. Meanwhile, the call of the wild is heard with a look at the beguiling orchids of Mauritius, and the latest scientific breakthroughs, including a discussion of the newly recognised ‘Dactylorhiza black death’, are reported, while new light is shed on old aspects of orchid history. If the search for perfection is your thing, then the review of RHS orchid awards is essential and there’s a handy calendar of orchid events in 2026.

Volume: 133

ISSN 0030-4476

To find out more about orchids and the RHS head over to their website here, or purchase last year’s Yearbook here: The Orchid Review Yearbook 2024