
Growing tips & orchid news
As part of our Monthly Meetings, we invite members to contribute articles sharing their knowledge and experience of orchid and allied plant growing. Please enjoy reading a selection of these articles below.
Growing orchids in your garden
Wayne shares his tips and tricks for growing orchids in suburban backyard gardens on the Sunshine Coast.
Coastal Fringe Native orchids
Wayne shares how the Sunshine Coast is home to many native orchids which are easily found when you know what to look for.
Wayne Harris Article Series
Wayne was an orchid-enthusiast, photographer, author and life-member of Nambour Orchid Society.
Lost Sunshine Coast orchids
With many areas on the Sunshine Coast now being cleared by developers our local orchids are sadly disappearing.
State of the world’s orchids
Up to 45 per cent of all known flowering plant species across the globe could be under threat of extinction.
Discovering new orchids
Read about how new orchid species are discovered and how we could speed up the process of discovery.
Observing ‘The Orchid Effect’
Pausing garden maintenance during lockdown led to some surprising new appearances in one of the grass verges at Kew.
Confirming extinction
Certifying the full extinction of a species is no easy task but only by doing so can we learn how to stop it happening to others.
Exploring the orchid family tree
Kew scientists are mapping out some of the weird and wonderful branches of the orchid family tree.