Understanding soil fungi to save a genus of threatened orchids from extinction
Conservation of Leek Orchids (Prasophyllum) There are almost 200 species of Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum spp.) in Australia, with over 40...
How to minimise heat stress and damage in your orchid collection
The secret to minimising heat stress in orchids is to keep transpiration in process. Transpiration is the process of carrying water from...
Microtis orchids from Murringo
These plants were found at a friend’s property at Murringo, NSW on the south west slopes. Whenever I go anywhere I look for orchids. I...
ANOS Sydney January 2017 Plant of the Evening
Cryptostylis erecta While a very common terrestrial orchid in the Sydney region, to our memory, it was the first time Cryptostylis erecta...
Out And About (Tall Tales but Very True)
A special event at Ken Russell’s Orchid Glen Nursery This spring was a very special event for me and a good old friend which you all...
2016 Sarcanthinae Show
This year's annual Sarcanthinae Show was Sydney Group's 31st and was another very successful event. The number and quality of orchids...
Out And About (Tall Tales but Very True)
Rare and Beautiful Orchids (Part 3) - Dendrobium tetragonum mylespadei update: Well, a few weeks ago we spent the day driving to an...
Out and About (Tall Tales but Very True)
Rare and Beautiful Orchids (Part 2) I was out and about again, in The Central Lakes District, bit further south. I decided to do a bit of...
Out and About (Tall Tales but Very True)
Rare and Beautiful Orchids (Part 1) It was the weekend after Ted's Speciosum show (Ted and Winsome Walmsley A.N.O.S. Mid-North Coast...
