Vision Statement: “To Promote the Appreciation and Preservation of Australian Plants.”
The Australian Plants Society (Victoria) is dedicated to promoting, growing and the conservation of Australian native plants, in gardens, community areas and their original environments.
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A great story about Edith Coleman, an early Melbourne citizen scientist, who discovered the pollination of some native orchids by wasps.
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Chance observations can lead to wonderful outcomes.Follow the link to a review by Megan Backhouse (Age) of the story of Blackburn Naturalist, Edith Coleman, in a new book called 'The Wasp and the Orc...
This is a great article on the fascinating carnivorous plants
www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-04-01/carnivorous-plants-drosera-insect-killers/9596170
Flora fatale: The carnivorous plant that scared Charles Darwin
abc.net.au
At any given moment in the hanging swamps of the Blue Mountains, there are hundreds of thousands insects being eaten alive by carnivorous plants.