Guest speaker Jesse Granger. presenting "Trips to Singapore & Indonesia".
Field trip to Won Wron & Mullundung State Forest.
Diuris fragrantissima site maintenance, Sunshine.
Field trip to the Grampians.
Diuris fragrantissima site maintenance, Sunshine.
Murray Harding presenting "Cymbidium canaliculatum".
Caleana major
Dendrobium schneiderae
Thelymitra reflexa
Sarcochilus falcatus
AUSTRALIAN ORCHID REFERENCE MATERIALThis page contains reference information on Australian orchids. It can be freely downloaded and redistributed, provided the original material is attributed to the authors and is not edited. |
 ANOS Victoria LibraryANOS Victoria has an extensive library of books and reference material which members can borrow. The library is open at the monthly meetings with a range of the most popular publications. Should you wish to reserve or borrow something specific you may do so by contacting our librarian Andrew Gibbons. Download the PDF Version of the ANOS Victoria Library Catalogue. |
 R D Fitzgerald - Australian OrchidsReal Jardin Botanico in Spain has digitised R.D. Fitzgerald's 1882 Edition of Australian Orchids Volumes 1 and 2. From 1875 until 1882 in association with Arthur James Stopps who was a lithographer in the same public offices that he worked at, FitzGerald published seven parts of his work Australian Orchids. The exquisite lithograph plates detailing FitzGerald's dissections of orchids, were hand-coloured by artists following his samples and instructions. Australian Orchids made FitzGerald famous in the botanical world and Joseph Dalton Hooker another botanist, considered the work one "which would be an honour to any country and to any Botanist". (Wikipedia) Parts 1, 2 and 3 contain exquisitely drawn monochrome illustrations, whereas the remaining parts and volume 2 have also been hand coloured. Volume 1 consists of seven parts: There don't appear to be publication dates for volume 2. A contents document has also been included to aid navigation through the parts. 
R.D.Fitzgerald - Australian Orchids Contents |
 Pterostylis rufa Complex - Bentham's MistakeANOS Victoria member Bill Kosky has been researching the Pterostylis rufa complex around Australia's south-east and has come up with some interesting and contradictory findings. This document helps to clarify the differences between Pterostylis rufa, Pterostylis squamata, Pterostylis aciculiformis, Pterostylis ferruginea and Pterostylis pusilla. 
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 Australian Orchid Checklist**** NEW SECOND EDITION ****This Checklist covers the 1,963 species, subspecies and varieties of wild orchids (comprising 1,866 species and 97 subspecies and varieties) in 116 genera found in Australia and its island territories. This total includes 367 species that are considered distinct but not yet named and described, and these species have been identified by a 'tag name'. An additional six species that are not native to Australia but have become established in the wild there are included at the end of the main Checklist. This Checklist also includes 591 naturally occurring hybrids (including 50 named wild hybrids) in 15 genera plus 7 intergeneric crosses, that have been observed in the field. Many of the named hybrids were mistakenly named as species before their hybrid status was recognised, while others were deliberately named as hybrids. The inclusion of the many hundreds of recognised but un-named species and naturally occurring hybrids makes this the most comprehensive checklist of Australian orchids ever compiled. The Checklist has been prepared using information sourced from recent State or regional guides to orchids, herbarium checklists, photographs and the personal observations and experience of the authors. It has been prepared in two versions: an Excel spreadsheet that can be modified by users, and a PDF version that can be printed for a hard copy. The Checklist was prepared by Gary Backhouse (Victoria), Andrew Brown (Western Australia), Robert Bates (South Australia) and Lachlan Copeland (New South Wales). This Checklist will be updated periodically. 
PDF Version of the Australian Orchid Checklist. Excel Version of the Australian Orchid Checklist. Current release January 2019. |
 Victoria's Clubbed Spider CaladeniaANOS Victoria member Bill Kosky has been studying Victoria's clubbed spider Caladenia orchids for several years and presents two draft papers to assist in the identification of three East Gippsland spider Caladenia. Part 1 looks at the rarely encountered and poorly known Caladenia fitzgeraldii as well as the closely related Caladenia peisleyi. These draft papers put forward a discussion for morphological grading and suggestions for the revision of their taxonomy. |