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<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 360/2024 Title: Patterns of diversification and trait evolution in Australasian orchids Applicant: Consolata Nanjala Institutions: Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, and CSIRO   Orchids in Australia account for over 1,600 species, 90% of which are endemic to the region. A recent study estimated that orchids originated in Laurasia […]

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 359/2024   Title: Pollination ecology, taxonomy, and conservation of orchids in the Caladenia toxochila complex Applicant: Andrew Bird Institutions: Department of Environment and Genetics, La Trobe University, Bundoora Victoria 3086Orchid Conservation Program, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne, VIC, 3977Division of Ecology and Evolution, Australian National University, Canberra 2600   The Caladenia toxochila

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.

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 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

<< 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

    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

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