Australian Orchid Foundation

Funded Projects

365/2025

5<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 365/2025 Title: The chemistry of pollination and herbivory defence in Cryptostylis (Orchidaceae) Applicant: Saskia ter Horst Institution: University of Western Australia, Perth WA 6009 and the University of Amsterdam, 1000BE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Recently, the first evidence for pro-pheromone mimicry was uncovered in the Australian orchid Cryptostylis ovata, which […]

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363/2025

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 363/2025 Title: Investigation of the mycorrhizal fungi from unstudied orchid hosts and unexplored regions of Queensland Applicant: Dr. John Dearnaley Institution: University of Southern Queensland487-535 West Street, Toowoomba Qld 4350   Investigation of the mycorrhizal fungi from unstudied orchid hosts and unexplored regions of Queensland Serendipita fungi are common orchid

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362/2024

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 362/2024 Title: International Speaker’s Tour in Australia. Speaker: Tom Mirenda, an internationally renowned author and orchid educator Applicant: John Varigos Tom, who is visiting Australia to attend the 8th Internation Orchid Conservation Conference in Perth in September, has agreed to give a series of talks together with John Varigos.

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361/2024

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 361/2024 Title: Attendance at Orchid Hybrid Registration Advisory Committee meeting in London 2024 Applicant: Ian Chalmers  Nomenclature Rules Regarding Intra Specific Ranks In accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) the definition of a grex (hybrid) is: “grex (plural: grexes, or greges in classical Latin) a

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340/2021

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 340/2021   Title: Genetic diversity, mycorrhizal associations and the virome of Cryptostylis ovata, the Western Australian slipper orchid. Applicant: Dr Steve Wylie Institution:  Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch WA 6150   Cryptostylis is a poorly-studied genus of orchids consisting of about 25 species. The genus appears to be centered in

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339/2021

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 339/2021 Title: Diversity and diversification of the Speculantha group (Tiny Greenhoods; Pterostylis subg. Speculantha [syn. Speculantha]) Applicant: Dr Russell Barrett, Dr Heidi Zimmer, Dr Mark Clements, Dr Katharina Nargar, Dr Lachlan Copeland, Dr Michael Mathieson, Mr Gavin Phillips, Dr Matt Renner Institution:  National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australian Institute of Botanical

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