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AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS SOCIETY (AUSTRALIA) INC GREVILLEA STUDY GROUP NEWSLETTER NO. 110 – JUNE 2018 GSG NSW Programme 2018 02 | EDITORIAL Leader: Peter Olde, p 0432 110 463 | e [email protected] For details about the NSW chapter please contact Peter, contact via email is preferred. 03 | ACTIVITY REPORTS SE QLD GREVILLEA STUDY GROUP GSG Vic Programme 2018 MEETING, 25 FEBRUARY, 2018 AT PEACEHAVEN PARK, 56 KUHLS ROAD, HIGHFIELDS Leader: Neil Marriott, 693 Panrock Reservoir Rd, Stawell, Vic. 3380 QLD GSG OUTING TO p 03 5356 2404 or 0458 177 989 | e [email protected] TENTERFIELD AREA Contact Neil for queries about program for the year. Any members who would like to visit the official collection, obtain cutting material or seed, assist in its maintenance, and stay in our cottage for a few days are invited to contact Neil. 07 | GREVILLEA NEWS GSG SE Qld Programme 2018 NEW MEMBERS USEFUL LINKS Meetings are usually held on the last Sunday of the even months. We meet for a communal morning tea at 9.30am after which the meetings commence at 10.00am. Visitors are always welcome. For more information or to check venues etc please contact: Ross Reddick on 0405 510 459 or Denis Cox on (07) 5546 8590 as changes can occur. 07 | IN THE WILD GREVILLEAS OF NEW CALEDONIA GREVILLEA WHITEANA June – Cancelled in favour of July excursion THE LOWOOD RAIL TRAIL MARCH 2018: COLLEEN AND GEOFF KEENA TALK TO PETER BEVAN ABOUT GREVILLEAS ON THE RAIL Saturday & Sunday, 21-22 July TRAIL AT LOWOOD venue: Excursion to Bargara, visiting Richard Tomkin’s ‘Changers Green Nursery’, and 2 private gardens at Gympie & Hervey Bay 15 | IN YOUR GARDEN Sunday, 26 August venue: Young native garden of Chris Nikolic at Tallegalla, via Minden GROWING GREVILLEA PETROPHILOIDES ON ITS OWN ROOTS SEEKING GREVILLEA ‘EILEEN ROSE’ Sunday, 28 October venue: Pete’s Hobby Nursery at Lowood 16 | SEED BANK Sunday, 25 November venue: Magnificent native garden of Jim & Fran Standing at Mt Clunie, near Woodenbong, Nth NSW. 17 | FINANCIALS EDITORIAL A FEW WORDS FROM PETER P Olde, NSW Welcome to another Queensland issue. There is much A polytomy suggests that the genes selected were unable to be said about this Queensland offering. Be sure you to properly resolve the full relationship and so it was make a trip to the Lowood Rail Trail if you are travelling in decided to go with a further study being conducted by Queensland and do call in to see Peter Bevan at his nursery Dr Cardillo utilising over 400 genes. Preliminary results (Pete’s Hobby Nursery). have shown much better resolution and the results are particularly interesting to those interested in evolutionary I have recently been travelling to member’s gardens to relationships. collect DNA from leaves of the species in their collections. One garden in particular, one that was featured in our last The authors involved in the paper published by Austin newsletter, was developed by Robert and Norma Brown, Mast et al. (2015) refrained from acting to recognise new in Nicholson, Victoria. This truly is a magnificent garden genera or to sink Hakea into Grevillea, which the results and holds an extremely large healthy range of Grevillea revealed to be necessary. They elected to wait on the species, all grafted by the proprietor. Not only is this a results of the Cardillo study which appear to show that valuable collection of plants in its own right and valued Hakea and Grevillea, with some alteration, can continue to for its display of flowers in due season, but it is testament be recognised separately. In the meantime, in February this to love and patience. The Brown’s welcome visitors so do year, botanical gatecrashers (Plant Gateway’s ‘Global Flora’ not hesitate to go there. You should ring first of course. an online digital publication) have come in and transferred Bairnsdale is nearby and provides good accommodation. all Grevillea species and subspecies to species of Hakea. Unfortunately the tropical garden described in our last They have gone over the top, not only of our research, but issue is no longer, having been decimated by frosts. Being have done the same in numerous genera awaiting proper able to collect specimen and cutting material in one place evaluation. The Cardillo study will hopefully invalidate saved me going on an extended journey to south-west their work because although Grevillea species have new Western Australia. Hakea names, this outrageous claim for glory will not be accepted by Australian herbaria if it is shown to be At present an extensive study of the genus Grevillea and its incorrect. For many other unfortunate studies, they will relationship with Hakea is being undertaken by Dr Marcel have gazumped all their planned nomenclatural work Cardillo and his Macroevolution team at ANU, Canberra. (shades of Richard Salisbury and Robert Brown). Well done The aim of this exercise is to sequence every Grevillea Maarten Christenhusz and James Byng!! species and subspecies, though this may be a bit optimistic as it is a massive and expensive undertaking. I have committed the Grevillea Study Group and its remaining funds to this important study and I will be setting off shortly to collected material of all the Top End species. I am hearing that there may be new species up there too so stay tuned. Access to some areas is very difficult and I Illawarra Grevillea Park have engaged a helicopter to assist. I will be travelling with NEXT OPEN DAYS 2018 Ian Evans Bendigo member who will supply the vehicle. To date I have collected almost 200 species from members’ gardens including my own. The participation of Mt Annan July 7, 8, 14, 15 Botanic Garden, Burrendong Arboretum, Robert and September 1, 2, 8, 9 Norma Brown, Phil Vaughan and Neil & Wendy Marriott is acknowledged to date. The exercise has shown that we Opening hrs are 10am – 4pm need to get material around to members to enlarge their collections. Many species are represented in only one Location garden, having been once common in our collections. Stay The Park is located at the rear of Bulli Showground, posted on this. Princess Highway, Bulli. All this follows the study on Grevillea-Hakea relationships Admission published by Austin Mast et al. (2015) which in part $5 adults, children with adults are free demonstrated a need for more testing. Most of the email [email protected] Grevillea Hakea Finschia , and species were resolved in six or visit grevilleapark.org clades of a polytomy. NEWSLETTER NO. 110 – JUNE 2018 02 ACTIVITY REPORTS SE QLD GREVILLEA STUDY GROUP MEETING, 25 FEBRUARY, 2018 AT PEACEHAVEN PARK, 56 KUHLS ROAD, HIGHFIELDS R Reddick, Qld Denis opened the meeting at 10:00. He thanked members 15.02.2018 - Laurie Smith, DC report to Displays & visitors for attending & welcome to our first meeting eCommittee, with the proposed theme for Wildflower for 2018. show. Attendance: 16 members & 1 visitor, as per the Outward: attendance book. 24.01.2018-Ross email list of GSG activities to Jan Sked Apologies: 1 apology, as per the attendance book. for inclusion in the next NPQ publication. Raffle: Tickets are circulating; 50c per ticket; each side of 30.01.2018 - Ross email minutes & meeting reminder the book is a ticket, write your name on a piece and place back in the box; don’t retain a butt! 15.02.2018 - Chris email to Peter Olde;Mole Station excursion report with photos. Record of Last Meeting: The record of the December meeting sent out on 30th January together with the 19.02.2018 - Ross email meeting reminder and other notice of this meeting; Another reminder went out 19th notes. Feb. Ross moved the inward correspondence be accepted & Actions arising: outward endorsed. Sec, Chris R 1. Ross to follow-up Alan Lee (at Nielsen’s Native Nursery) General Business: to check his email address. Still to be done! 1. Richard Tomkin of Changers Green Nursery was 2. Chris Purchase confirmed access to the Peacehaven interviewed on ABC RN ‘Country Breakfast’ show on 3rd Park nursery for today. Thanks Chris. Feb, discussing his process in producing new varieties & grafted Grevilleas. He was described as the ‘Grevillea 3. Chris R to add photos to Jan’s Mole River trip report. king’. Done, sent to Peter Olde. 2. Gondwana Nursery excursion now 21st & 22nd April, 4. Fran to suss out dining opportunities in Kyogle for in lieu of 28/29 April, due to clash of dates with the our April meeting at Gondwana Nursery. Sample menu Grovely TAFE native plant sale on 28th at which many circulated. Thanks Fran. members volunteer & man a stall. 5.Develop itinerary for the July excursion to Bargara. See Details follow:- general Business. • Members make overnight accommodation booking & 6. If anyone has an article for the GSG newsletter, send to find their own way to Kyogle on Saturday. Peter Olde, whose details are at the front of the regular newsletter. • Evening meal at Gateway fine foods Café. Choice of 2 mains & 2 desserts was canvassed. Financial Report: Treasurer - Bev Weir; Results were:- Opening Balance: December 2017 = $1767.16 • 2 Mains - Spanakopita pie & Moussaka. 2 Desserts - Income: Raffle - $52, plus 5c interest; $50 for NPQ display. Tiramisu & Date & orange blossom cake. BYOG. Expenditure: $10 to host, $20 for grafted plants, $450 I have selections from the members at the Feb meeting, associated with visit of P Olde. but I will canvass all members again as I will need exact numbers by say, 16th April. February 2018 balance: $1539.20 3. Itinerary for excursion to Bargara,Sat 21 & Sun 22 July. Bev moved acceptance; Sec.