In memory of Terence (Terry) Stanley DEAN 21st March, 1941 ~ 16th May, 2023 Eleanor (Ellie) June Dean OAM 18th May, 1936 ~ 25th May, 2018 Terry and Ellie were members of the Rockhampton Orchid Society. They both joined ROC in 1963. Terry’s main focus, at the age of 21, was how to grow ferns. […]
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In memory of DAVID BUTLER 1938 – 2024 It is with a particularly heavy heart that we must say farewell to an icon, a truly honourable gentleman, a dedicated family man, and a wonderfully caring friend. David was a long-term member of both ANOS Central Coast Group, joining 2006, becoming a Patron in 2013 and
<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST NEW A Field Guide to Australian Orchids Epiphytes David L. Jones 2024 A long-awaited accurate and user-friendly field guide to Australian orchids, written and illustrated by the world’s leading expert on the subject. This comprehensive and portable guide includes concise written accounts and stunning colour photographs and line drawings showing
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<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST NEW Complete Guide to Native Orchids of AustraliaRevised 3rd Edition David L. Jones 2024 This is the spectacular and comprehensive Revised Third Edition of a book that is the magnum opus of Australian orchid expert David L. Jones. It includes many updates with, most importantly, 30 new species accounts (with
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<< 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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