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Phylogenetic affinities and in vitro seed germination of the threatened New Zealand orchid Spiranthes novae-zelandiae
By Jonathan Frericks, Andrew Munkacsi, Peter Ritchie, Yi-Bo Luo, and Carlos A. Lehnebach “Our experience with S. novae-zelandiae demonstrates that in vitro symbiotic seed germination is an extremely helpful tool…
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Five new species of Corybas endemic to New Zealand and phylogeny of the Nematoceras clade
By Carlos A. Lehnebach, Andreas J. Zeller, Jonathan Frericks & Peter Ritchie Five new species of Corybas endemic to New Zealand, C. confusus, C. obscurus, C. sanctigeorgianus, C. vitreus, and…
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Exploring symbiotic interactions in New Zealand terrestrial orchids to enable their conservation.
https://youtu.be/kMZfgnkqtUE
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Compact Entryway Garden
"I’m delighted with the work you have done, the design really works well and I’m especially pleased to have the river stones woven in so well - thank you.."
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Three-tier Retaining Walls
This one was a biggie! someone had buried a mountain of rubble under the soil. now no more. thanks Simon for the diggy help! "...it looks great and you did…
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Threatened Spiranthes novae-zelandiae propagation
These are the plants that were germinated symbiotically as part of Jonathan Frericks' master's thesis completed in 2014. Hopefully the start of propagation of our threatened orchid species. http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1305 Otari-Wilton's…
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Helping to save our rare and endangered orchids
By: Carlos Lehnebach Orchids are one of the top five plant groups with conservation issues in New Zealand. Unlike many other endangered or uncommon plants, propagation of native orchids from…
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Pípa Perfomance on the Orchard
A friend performed classical pípa pieces in a cherry orchard in Central Otago. I painted him the scene so that he could take some art back to Taiwan and remember…









