<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 324/2017 Title: Evolutionary shifts in host associations of mycorrhizal fungi in Australian orchids: Tulasnella fungi in Drakaeinae orchidsApplicant: Arild Ranlym ArifinInstitution: The Australian National University (ANU), Research School of Biology, Division of Ecology and Evolution. Drakaeinae is a group of terrestrial orchids that consists of approximately 66 species. The members of this […]
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 323/2017 Title: Serendipita diversity in Australia: Biogeography and specificity of Serendipita across the Australian continentApplicant: Fitria Tisa OkalitaInstitution: The Australian National University This project will investigate biogeographical patterns in Serendipita on a continental scale. We are targeting four Australian orchid genera associate with Serendipita; Caladenia, Eriochilus, Microtis and Cyrtostylis. Although one study has shown some Serendipita lineages have a
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 322/2017 Title: Pollination ecology of Australian Pterostylis (Orchidaceae)Applicant: Tobias Hayashi Sexual deception is widespread in Australian terrestrial orchids. These rewardless orchids trick male insects into visiting by mimicking the female-produced sex pheromone. Research into sexual deception in Australia has largely focussed on thynnine-wasp pollinated orchids in the sub-tribe Diurideae, which
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 321/2017 Title: Orchid diversity hotspots: a bunch of fussy plants or easy-going neighbours? Exploring mycorrhizal fungal diversity across sympatric forest orchids in New ZealandApplicant: Dr Carlos Lehnebach and Dr Lara Shepherd Recent studies have shown that coexisting orchid species have distinct mycorrhizal associates. Since specialisation to specific
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 320/2017 Title: Communicating research on Australasian Bulbophyllum orchidsApplicant: Lalita Simpson The mainly epiphytic orchid genus Bulbophyllum (Dendrobieae, Bulbophyllinae) is the second largest genus of flowering plants with ~ 2,200 species in 97 sections. The genus has a pantropical distribution with main centres of diversity in Australasia. (New Guinea) and Asia, which harbour
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 319/2017 Title: Ecology and phylogenetics of a unique Australasian orchid genus: CryptostylisApplicant: Alyssa Weinstein Cryptostylis is one of Australia’s most remarkable orchid genera, renowned for its unique interaction with its Ichneumonid wasp pollinator, Lissopimpla excelsa. This wasp pollinates all five Australian Cryptostylis, which co-flower and occur in sympatry, yet curiously no hybrids are observed.
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 318/2017 Title: International Speaker’s Tour in AustraliaSpeaker: Fred Clarke from Sunset Valley Orchids, California USA, who is a well known grower, hybridiser and speaker. Fred was invited to Australia to speak at the 52nd Tropical Queensland Orchid Conference and Show, The Townsille Orchid Spectacular presented by Townsville Orchid Society Inc.
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 317/2017 Title: Molecular systematics of the Australian genus Corunastylis Fitzg. (Prasophyllinae, Orchidaceae)Applicant: Dr Selen MashayekhiInstitution: Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust (RBG&DT) Molecular systematics of the Australian genus Corunastylis (Midge Orchids) Fitzg. (Prasophyllinae, Orchidaceae) Within subtribe Prasophyllinae Schltr., Corunastylis Fitzg. (c. 60 species: 56 named and 4 with informal names) has been little studied and its
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 316/2017 Title: Development of the velamen cell wall in roots of epiphytic and lithophytic orchidsApplicant: Dr David CollingsInstitution: School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW This project will investigate the development of the velamen, the multicellular layer of dead cells that covers the
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 314/2017 Title: Oh brother, where art thou? Distribution patterns and characterization of Tulasnella spp. associated with two related Australian orchid species, Diuris fragrantissima and Diuris punctata.Applicants: Dr Eleonora Egidi and Dr Ashley FranksInstitution:. Department of Physiology Anatomy and Microbiology, School Life Sciences, La Trobe University Bundoora. Victoria Orchid reintroduction requires the presence of suitable