SPECIES
Metallic sun orchid (𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴)& Coloured spider-orchid (𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢)
Orchids have a reputation for being one of the most difficult plant groups to propagate and return to the wild, but could we improve plant conservation if we thought more like an orchid?
Julian’s Hibbertia(𝘏𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘢)
What do an electric toothbrush and conservation genomics have in common? A bad joke? NO. Both were critical to answering questions about how to conserve Julian’s Hibbertia (𝘏𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘢).
Murnong Yam Daisy (𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘢)
Today only three populations remain in Melbourne.
Over years of missteps, mistakes and occasional breakthroughs, the Merri Creek Management Committee and traditional custodians, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung, have worked to conserve this species. Learning it was less to do with the plant and more about the special relationship with people, in this place.
Spiny Rice-flower (𝘗𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴 subsp. 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴)
Learning from mitigation translocations. What happens when a threatened plant is growing in an intended development location?
Often under Australian legislation, impacts can be ‘offset’ and the plant translocated. Moved, salvaged, re-grown in pots and planted elsewhere. But does that really work?!
Tumut Grevillea (𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘪)
Some plants are a little odd.
And Grevillea wilkinsonii (aka the Tumut Grevillea) fits that description
Meet some of the team working with this peculiar species, and learn that sometimes conservation is EASIER than expected!
Wollemi Pine (𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴)
There are secret undiscovered canyons in the Wollemi Wilderness. One of them contains the only known population of the Wollemi Pine. But others contain specially planted insurance populations that were all burnt in catastrophic fires.
How did they fare?
Neilsen Park She-Oak (𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴)
For over 20 years a team of dedicated volunteers have worked in Neilsen Park, conserving the She-Oak and importantly dedicating thousands of hours to restoring bushland in the heart of Sydney.