<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 329/2019 Title: Tasmanian Orchid Conservation into the Future Round 2 (2019 – 2022)Applicant: Dr Nigel Swarts and Dr Magali WrightInstitution: Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens Round 2 of this will continue the work towards establishing a long-term orchid conservation and research program at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG). This […]
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 328/2019 Title: Native Orchid Display, Cairns Botanic Gardens ConservatoryApplicant: Charles ClarkeInstitution: Cairns Botanic Gardens, Queensland Funding for this project will be used to develop a permanent public display of Australian tropical native orchids in the conservatory at Cairns Botanic Gardens. A dedicated section of the conservatory has been set aside for
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 327/2018 Title: Climate and habitat condition controls on orchid populations – research outcomes associated with a citizen science programApplicant: Dr Greg GuerinInstitution: Waite Campus, The University of Adelaide Wild Orchid Watch (WOW) is a national citizen science project that is developing tools and field methods for citizen scientists to observe and identify Australian
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 326/2018 Title: Hunter Region Botanic Gardens – extending the Living Orchid CollectionApplicant: Patricia ShearstonInstitution: Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, New South Wales Extending the Living Orchid Collection The funding is being used to construct a lockable orchid growing area adjacent to the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens Nursery. The building
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 325/2018 Title: Australasian orchid diversification in space and time: elucidating the floristic interchange between Australia and New Caledonia in a phylogenomic frameworkApplicant: Dr. Katharina Nargar and Dr. Mark ClementsInstitution: Australian Tropical Herbarium and Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research The orchid floras of Australia and New Caledonia are characterised
<< 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