Financial support to present a conference paper at the International Botanical Congress held in Melbourne in July, 2011

James Indsto

Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, NSW

Resolving species concepts in the contentious Dendrobium speciosum complex using molecular data.

Lalita Simpson

Australian Tropical Herbarium & the School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns

Systematics of Corybas in Papua New Guinea

Stephanie Pimm Lyon

University of Wisconsin Madison, College of Letters & Sciences

The roles viruses play in the decline of terrestrial orchids in Australia’s hotspot of global biodiversity

Dr. Steve Wylie

Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia

Support for the attendance of a Threatened Species Project Officer at the 1st International Conference on the Conservation and Sustainable use of Wild Plant Diversity, Chania (Crete), May 2010.

Kate Vlcek

The Department of Sustainability and Environment

Growth Requirements and Mycorrhizal Relationships of Thelymitra epipactoides, the Metallic Sun Orchid

Dr. Noushka Reiter

The Department of Sustainability and Environment

Population dynamics and conservation of the endangered pink – lipped spider orchid Caladenia behrii.

Dr. Sophie ‘Topa’ Petit

University of South Australia

Effects of fire management on population dynamics of two threatened Pterostylis (Orchidaceae) species.

Dr. Steve Leonard

School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania

Seed collection and mycorrhizal isolation of targeted Tasmania orchid taxa.

Dr. Nigel Swarts

Tasmanian Seed Conservation Centre, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart Tasmania

Geographical Patterns among the Pollinators of Sexually Deceptive Spider Orchids in the Genus Caladenia (Orchidaceae: Calonema) in South-Eastern Australia.

Dr. Colin C. Bower PhD

Various

A review of South Australian Thelymitra of the T. pauciflora complex.

Robert J. Bates

State Herbarium of South Australia

Pollination biology of the sexually deceptive threatened orchids Caladenia richardsiorum, Caladenia hastata and its pollinator Catocheilus caelebs.

Kate Vlcek and Dr. Graham Brown

Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria

Tracking phenological shifts and evolutionary impacts relating to climate change.

Phyllis Frances MacGillivray

University of Adelaide

The mycorrhizal associations of endangered Victorian orchid species: how do we best conserve them?

Dr. Magali Wright

University of Melbourne

Understanding the symbioses between seed and mycorrhizal fungus for long term storage and effective propagation.

Matthew Larcombe

Hobart, Tasmania

Fire-induced morphological and functional differences in orchid mycorrhizal fungi.

Dr. Tien Huynh

RMIT University, Bundoora, Vic. 3083

Conservation of the nationally endangered Arachnorchis atroclavia (Black-clubbed spider orchid)

Dr. J. Dearnaley, Dr. A. LeBrocque, Dr. M. Mathieson

The University of Southern Queensland

The role of pollinators and mycorrhiza in controlling distribution and speciation in Drakaea – implications for conservation. management.

Dr. Ryan Phillips, Dr. Andrew Batty, Prof. Kingsley Dixon and Prof. Stephen Hopper

Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, West Perth, Western Australia

Support the attendance at the third International Orchid Conservation Conference in Costa Rica of four students

Z. Smith
M.Wright
E. McQualter
K.Gowland

Various

Propagation of fungus dependant orchid species

Mr. Les Nesbitt

Adelaide

Information and Awareness Program on the Orchids of Papua New Guinea

Mr. Gary Backhouse

Melbourne

Maximising mycorrhizal activity that sustains Caladenia species in cultivation and re-introduction.

Ms. Magali Wright BSc (Hons)
PhD student

The University of Melbourne

Fungal associations of Dipodium hamiltonianum (Yellow hyacinth orchid)

Dr. John Dearnaley

The University of Southern Queensland