Corporate Body

Australian Orchid Council (1960 - )

From
1960
Findon, South Australia, Australia
Functions
Horticulture, Learned society and Orchids
Website
https://www.orchidsaustralia.com.au/AOC/index.php/orchid-council

Summary

The Australian Orchid Council provides a national forum for cooperation and coordination among orchid societies across Australia on matters relating to the growing, showing and judging of orchids. It started in 1960, with a new constitution being adopted in 1997. Emphasis is placed on the conservation of native orchid species, and on liaison with government on relevant matters such as the convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The Council provides a point of contact with international orchid organisations. Orchids Australia (ISSN 1443-0614), which has been published by the Council since 1989, includes articles on any aspect of orchid growing and propagation, and articles by Australian and overseas orchid growers.

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Foundation member organisations were:
Orchid Society of New South Wales Inc.
Victorian Orchid Club Inc.
Tasmanian Orchid Society Inc.
Orchid Society of the Northern Territory Inc.
Queensland Orchid Society Inc.
Orchid Society of Western Australia Inc.
Orchid Club of South Australia Inc.

Related People

Helen Cohn

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