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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 […]

<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST NEW Orchids in Australia: Growing Orchids Common Cultural Problems and their solutions Compiled from orchid growers’ contributions to the Awareness Campaign of The Australian Orchid Foundation. Edited by Brian Milligan and Alan Hope  2005. Reprinted 2023. Over 40 articles, grouped in General Orchid Culture, Specific orchid culture and Control of Insects,

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 357/2023   Title:  Plastid phylogenomics reveals evolutionary relationships in the mycoheterotrophic orchid genus Dipodium and provides insights into plastid gene degenerationApplicant:  Stephanie GoedderzInstitution:  Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, Cairns Qld 4878   Presentation at the Biosystematics Conference in Canberra in November 2023Communicating research on the mycoheterotrophic orchid genus

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 356/2023   Title:  Propagation and cryopreservation of helmet orchids (Corybas) in New Zealand Applicants:  Dr Karin van der Walt and Dr Carlos Lehnebach Institutions: Ōtari Native Botanic Garden, New Zealand. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.    This project will make a significant contribution to orchid conservation in

<< 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.