<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 358/2024 Title: A Minute to Midnight. 8th International Orchid Conservation Congress (IOCC8) Perth 2024 Applicant: Dr. Jacopo Calevo Institution: Curtin University, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102 The International Orchid Conservation Congress (IOCC) was inaugurated in 2000, with the first event organized in Perth, Australia. […]
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 355/2023 Title: Preventing extinction of five endangered orchid species Applicant: Dr Noushka Reiter Institution: Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria Ex situ conservation programs are needed for many threatened orchid species, and creating ex situ insurance collections is a key step in this conservation recovery journey. For five endangered
In memory of Adrian ‘Dave’ Groffen 22-03-1950 ~ 21-06-2023 Dave was born in The Hague in Holland. His parents, along with Dave and his three sisters migrated to Australia in 1957 and settled in Adelaide, South Australia. His public school education in South Australia included learning Latin which was of great value to Dave in
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Award of Honour for 2023 granted to: Ted and Barbara Gregory THE GRANTING OF THIS AWARD RECOGNISES THAT:- As a child, Ted had an interest in orchids growing on trees and rocks, and before he was 10 years old, had established quite a collection of the native orchids of his area, the Gloucester
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In memory of TED AND BARBARA GREGORY 1930 ~ 2021/22 Ted and Barbara were married in 1957. They had a vast collection of Australian Native Orchids when they lived at Glenthorne by the Manning River, NSW. A major flood in1978 decimated their orchid collection which included many natural Dendrobium hybrids collected for 1940’s/1950’s onwards. 1979
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<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST NEW Orchids of Central Western NSW Colin C Bower and Richard W Medd 2023 This book is the first comprehensive guide to the native orchids of Central Western NSW. The 140 species and hybrids are described and illustrated with high quality photographs for ease of identification, The natural history of
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<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST NEW Orchids in Australia: Growing Orchids Common Cultural Problems and their solutions Compiled from orchid growers’ contributions to the Awareness Campaign of The Australian Orchid Foundation. Edited by Brian Milligan and Alan Hope 2005. Reprinted 2023. Over 40 articles, grouped in General Orchid Culture, Specific orchid culture and Control of Insects,
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<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 357/2023 Title: Plastid phylogenomics reveals evolutionary relationships in the mycoheterotrophic orchid genus Dipodium and provides insights into plastid gene degenerationApplicant: Stephanie GoedderzInstitution: Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, Cairns Qld 4878 Presentation at the Biosystematics Conference in Canberra in November 2023Communicating research on the mycoheterotrophic orchid genus
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 356/2023 Title: Propagation and cryopreservation of helmet orchids (Corybas) in New Zealand Applicants: Dr Karin van der Walt and Dr Carlos Lehnebach Institutions: Ōtari Native Botanic Garden, New Zealand. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. This project will make a significant contribution to orchid conservation in
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 354/2023 Title: Pollination by sexual deception in endangered Rustyhoods (the Pterostylis rufa group) and its implications for conservation Applicant: Eamonn Culhane Institution: School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University Orchid Conservation Program, Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria Pollination by sexual deception is a highly specialised pollinator
