<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 367/2026 Title: Developing a Multi-access Identification Key (Lucid) for the Orchids of Bird’s Head New Guinea Applicant: Reza Saputra Institution: Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, Cairns Queensland 4878 Project Outline: The orchids of the Bird’s Head Peninsula (West Papua, Indonesia) represent one of the most species-rich yet under-documented […]
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 366/2025 Title: Ex-situ propagation of the endangered Caladenia gladiolata for recovery in Mt Remarkable National Park, SA Applicant: Foundation of Australia’s Most Endangered Species Ltd (FAME) Institution: Adelaide Botanic Gardens Foundation and South Australia Seed Conservation Centre Project Outline: The Caladenia gladiolata (Bayonet Spider-orchid) recovery project at Mount Remarkable National Park in
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 365/2025 Title: The chemistry of pollination and herbivory defence in Cryptostylis (Orchidaceae) Applicant: Saskia ter Horst Institution: University of Western Australia, Perth WA 6009 and the University of Amsterdam, 1000BE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Recently, the first evidence for pro-pheromone mimicry was uncovered in the Australian orchid Cryptostylis ovata, which
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 363/2025 Title: Investigation of the mycorrhizal fungi from unstudied orchid hosts and unexplored regions of Queensland Applicant: Dr. John Dearnaley Institution: University of Southern Queensland487-535 West Street, Toowoomba Qld 4350 Investigation of the mycorrhizal fungi from unstudied orchid hosts and unexplored regions of Queensland Serendipita fungi are common orchid
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 362/2024 Title: International Speaker’s Tour in Australia. Speaker: Tom Mirenda, an internationally renowned author and orchid educator Applicant: John Varigos Tom, who is visiting Australia to attend the 8th Internation Orchid Conservation Conference in Perth in September, has agreed to give a series of talks together with John Varigos.
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 361/2024 Title: Attendance at Orchid Hybrid Registration Advisory Committee meeting in London 2024 Applicant: Ian Chalmers Nomenclature Rules Regarding Intra Specific Ranks In accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) the definition of a grex (hybrid) is: “grex (plural: grexes, or greges in classical Latin) a
<< 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
<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 339/2021 Title: Diversity and diversification of the Speculantha group (Tiny Greenhoods; Pterostylis subg. Speculantha [syn. Speculantha]) Applicant: Dr Russell Barrett, Dr Heidi Zimmer, Dr Mark Clements, Dr Katharina Nargar, Dr Lachlan Copeland, Dr Michael Mathieson, Mr Gavin Phillips, Dr Matt Renner Institution: National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australian Institute of Botanical