Journal 107


Journal Number 107
February 2008


Editor: Ian St George

CONTENTS:

Cover
Unstriped Thelymitra aff. pulchella: Photo by Kevin Matthews

Inside Cover
Nematoceras aff. trilobum with twin flowers: Photo by Margaret Menzies

The Type Locality
Turakirae Head and Dendrobium lessonii Col. By Ian St George

Eponymous Orchids: Val Smith
Daniel Oliver and Pterostylis oliverii

Notes, News, Views, Letters, Questions, Comments
Taranaki Field Trip
Kevin Matthews's photographs
Mike Lusk finds Pterostylis humilis in the Ruahines
Mark Moorhouse on a strange Stegostyla
Mark Moorhouse on Stegostyla "minor"
Rebecca Bowater finds white Singularybas near Westport
Jeremy Rolfe finds white Singularybas near Auckland
Drymoanthus flavus common in the Catlins
Nematiceras iridescens flowers late near Dunedin
Nematoceras papillosum (?) at Shag Point
Kevin Matthews finds a new colony of Linguella puberula
Climate change and flowers
Sydney vandals
Bruce Irwin pays tribute to Brian Tyler
Children need nurture to be as strong and healthy as Winika
References to Nematoceras hypogaea
Bob Bates rediscovers Thelymitra cyanapicata
Pat Enright in Tui Beer country and Pink-ciliated Thelymitra aff. hatchii
Murray Dawson, Brian Molloy and Ernst Beuzenberg on the NZ orchids' chromosomes
Pterostylis from the Chathams, drawn by Bruce Irwin

Close Relations: Orchids Like Ours
Corysanthes picta

Original Papers
Orchids at Iwitahi. Chris Ecroyd
A West Coast Odyssey. Gordon Sylvester
Canterbury Tales. Gordon Sylvester

Elementary - ED Hatch
Miscellaneous Terrestrials 5

The Column - Eric Scanlen
Diggers Valley Orchids
Nematoceras at Te Kauri Lodge

Book Review: David McConachie
Wild Orchids of the Lower North Island
 

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© New Zealand Native Orchid Group 2008.

 

 

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EDITOR: Ian St George, 22 Orchard St, Wadestown, Wellington, phone 04 4994227, fax 3894178,
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EDITORIAL BOARD: Mark Clements, David Jones, Brian Molloy, Eric Scanlen.

 

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