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<< 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 […]

In memory of LESLEY TREVOR MYERS Passed away 30th August 2019 Trevor was an Australian Orchid Council Judge for 22 years and was deputy registrar of the Victorian Judging Panel for 12 years. A very unassuming man with good knowledge of orchids, a great help to me. There were no grey areas with Trevor, the plants

In memory of GRAHAM TOOTELL 19.9.1943 – 14.9.2021 Graham Joined the Australasian Native Orchid Society Victorian Group in June 2007 and became a committee member in August 2009. Graham was a regular attendee at the Society’s special interest group – the Epiphyte study Group and took on the role as the ESG Convenor in February

In memory of GODFRED ROLFE OESCH 18.04.1929 – 14.03.2023 It was with great sadness that members of ANOS Vic were informed of the passing of ANOS Vic life member Godfred Rolfe Oesch on the 14th of March 2023 at the age of 93 years 11 months. He had been a member of ANOS Vic since

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 353/2023   Title:  Amendment to approved project: Recovery of Rhizanthella gardneri populations and habitat post fire  Applicant: Dr. Jacopo Calevo  Institution:  Curtin University, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Kent Street, Bentley WA 6102   In the past decades, habitat fragmentation and modification, has negatively impacted populations of the

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 352/2023   Title: Towards translocation: the Tasmanian Orchid Conservation and Research ProgramApplicant: Dr Magali WrightInstitution: Landscape Recovery Foundation   This project will support the development of the first translocation program for threatened Tasmanian orchid species, through ex situ conservation of a suite of threatened orchids from the Tasmanian Midlands.

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 351/2023   Title: New Autoclave for the Les Nesbitt Orchid Propagation Facility. Institution: Secretary, Native Orchid Society of South Australis (NOSSA) P.O. Box 14, Kensington Park SA 5068   New autoclave for NOSSA’s Les Nesbitt Orchid Propagation Facility. We are very excited to have our brand new Hatmed autoclave

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 350/2023   Title: A Foundational Dataset for the Future of Orchid Taxonomy in Australia Applicant: Dr Heidi Zimmer Institution: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Black Mountain Site, Clunies Ross St, Acton 2601.   A Foundational Dataset for the Future of Orchid Taxonomy in Australia A little-known ‘special

<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST Australian Orchid Research Volume 3Contributions to Tasmanian Orchidology 1-9 Jones, David L. 1998 The nine papers in this series clarify the status of 180 taxa of Orchidaceae which occur in Tasmania and include the description of 44 new species and two sub-species.  64 colour photographs.  223 pages. Free searchable PDF

<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST The Orchids of Ambon Katz, H. J., Simmons, J. T. 2022   A translation into English of Die Orchideen von Ambon by Johannes Jacobus Smith as published by the Department of Agriculture, Buitenzorg (Bogor), Batavia, 1905. Translation completed 1985 by the Publications Committee, The Australian Orchid Foundation, unpublished in hardcopy,