<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 362/2024 Title: International Speaker’s Tour in Australia. Speaker: Tom Mirenda, an internationally renowned author and orchid educatorApplicant: 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. The […]
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 361/2024 Title: Attendance at Orchid Hybrid Registration Advisory Committee meeting in London 2024Applicant: 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
<< 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.
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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
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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