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<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST The Wasp and the Orchid The remarkable life of Australian Naturalist Edith ColemanDanielle Clode This is the previously unwritten story of naturalist Edith Coleman. Edith, who lived in Blackburn, Victoria was the first person to identify and describe, in 1927, the pollination of an orchid by pseudocopulation after careful observations […]

<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST Slipper orchids of the tropical Americas Phillip Cribb and Christopher Purver This item is for sale by overseas order only – see website link below Slipper orchids are amongst the most popular of all cultivated orchids. They are widely grown and have been hybridised for almost a century and a half.

<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST Charles Parish- Plant Hunter and Botanical artist in Burma By Dudley Clayton  This item is for sale by overseas order only – see website link below Charles Samuel Pollock (1822-1897)  collected orchids for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the orchid nursery of Messrs Hugh Low &Co. whilst a chaplain in

<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST Lady Tankerville’s Legacy A Historical and Monographic Review of Phaius and Gastorchis by Judi Stone and Phillip Cribb.  This item is for sale by overseas order only – see website link below Published by Natural History Publications (Borneo) in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Monograph of these spectacular terrestrial orchids from tropical

<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST Spider Orchids: Caladenia Orchids of Australia Gary Backhouse  2020  This is a comprehensive guide to the 400 species and subspecies of Caladenia orchids and their relatives that occur in Australia, with over 1,300 photographs of wild orchids in their natural habitat. Each entry has the scientific and common name. The genera Adenochilus, Eriochilus, Leptoceras and Praecoxanthus are first, followed by Caladenia, with the major

<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST NEW REVISED EDITION With Strange Device A history of the discovery of Tropical Australia’s orchidsBill Lavarack 2021 Orchid fanciers interested in the history of Australia’s orchids will be pleased to learn that Bill Lavarack’s book With Strange Device – a History of the discovery of Tropical Australia’s orchids has been

<< BACK TO PUBLICATIONS LIST NEW Guide to Native Orchids of NSW and ACT Lachlan M. Copeland and Gary N. Backhouse 2022 This comprehensive guide describes 582 species of wild orchids that occur in NSW and the ACT, where the tallest, heaviest, smallest flowered, most numerous flowered and most bizarre orchids in Australia can be

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 342/2021   Title: Optimising in vitro germination of Calochilus (Orchidaceae) Applicant: Brendan Janissen Institution: Aceae Environmental, 35 Sheila Street, Preston Vic.   Calochilus is a genus of orchid with approximately 30 species spread across Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia. Of these 30 species, 10% are federally listed as threatened under

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 341/2021 Title: A Complete Description of the Orchids of Australia Online Applicant: Dr Endymion Cooper, Dr Heidi Zimmer Institution: Addresses:  EC: Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), Parks Australia Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra HZ: Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, AustralianNational Herbarium (ANH),

<< 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