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The following is a selection of orchid web sites situated in Australia and New Zealand which can be usefully referred to, together with some international  sites.  The sites  have been selected because they interested me, or I thought the information would be useful. If others can make use of the lists and links then I am sure the respective web authors will be pleased. SEARCH ENGINES AltaVista: Main Page  An excellent general search engine   Missouri  Botanic Gardens botanic search facility AUSTRALASIAN ORCHID FOCUSSED WEB SITES New Zealand Native Orchid Group - on our native orchids, on line newsletter,  excellent. ANOS  Australasian Native Orchid Society based in Australia Australian Orchid Council Inc TASMANIAN ORCHID SOCIETY   AUSTRALIA OSCOV  Victoria Orchid Society,  Australia ORCHID SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES    Societies and general links Australian Native Flora Barry's Orchid Page  A new site from Perth, Western Australia, with an interesting range of orchid material,  stamps, flasking, photographs etc. New Zealand Native Orchids An excellent site of our native orchids. ORCHID PUBLICATIONS Orchids Australia -  One of two Australian specialist orchid magazines. Orchid Digest - without doubt one if not the best of all orchid publications. Superb photographs and a range of excellent articles covering a side range of orchid interests. Highly recommended Brazilian orchids with some very intersing material contained in this on line internet based publication MAJOR ORCHID SHOWS  -  AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND MAJOR ORCHID SHOWS  -  INTERNATIONAL 17th World Orchid Conference, Shah Alam, Malaysia, 18th - 26th May 2002. 18th World Orchid Conference, Dijon, France. 2005 - 11th to 20th March. (Confirmed). Venue: Le Palais des Congrès et Expositions de Dijon. To be staged in conjunction with "Florissimo", one of Europe's largest flower shows. Watch for further details.   ORCHID RESOURCES These sites provide directories and links to a vast amount of orchid related information.  It is well worth spending some  hours, even days, fully investigating these sites. The Orchid Mall A good general starting point for orchid based information Orchid Mail Society Web sites  a good list of many Society net sites  from around the world. ORCHID STAMP CLUB INTERNATIONAL Garden Gate: Roots of Botanical Names British Orchid Resources A link to many British orchid resources Kew Botanic Gardens UK Includes an orchid newsletter of current matters Orchid Culture - Charles and Margaret Baker Linda's Orchid Page   Don't grow orchids - a very interesting personal view on growing orchids from the UK Also includes a number of useful additional links to other orchid sites. Venger's Orchid Culture An American site, but with cultural information which may be of use   The Orchid House  An excellent general orchid resource with the scientific bent.  Much useful technical information for those interested in the wider aspects of an orchid interest. Orchid Pests and Diseases  A comprehensive article from Australia The Insects Home Page  Got a dose of the bugs?  Here is the chance to find out some information on the culprits. EXTOXNET - The EXtension TOXicology NETwork Want to know some information on pesticides and toxicology?  There is a vast amount of information on this site Orchidguide a general resource Brazilian orchids with some very intersing material Asian Cymbidium Orchids, a excellent specialised site on the Asian cymbidiums Papua and New Guinea orchids, and excellent site 1_800_Orchids.com an American site selling orchids by mail American Orchid Society; OrchidWeb SITES FOR SPECIFIC GENERA These links will be updated as information on the various sites becomes available Cultural Information Index Page  Some general (American) cultural advice The Max Tribe     A site specialising in the Maxillaria group of interesting orchids.  Includes links to the new group for these plants The Stanhopea Pages;   A specialist site for these plants Sobralia, a specialist site PLEIONE  A commercial site but with much useful information on these interesting plants The Laeliinae Specialist Homepage  A new site on these interesting plants Phalaenopsis orchids, a comprehensive site for these popular orchids Dr Tanaka's paphiopedilum site Bedford Orchids with some interesing material Botanist J D Hooker - detailed information on this famous botanist. Part of the extensive Scotts botanical site with excellent general information GENERAL  SITES Te Puna Index (formerly Ara Nui)/ New Zealand Information Directory  This is an extensive and excellent general directory resource of New Zealand Web Sites and is highly recommended for general information on New Zealand NZ Orchid Shows Agriscape general links page - general information on wide range of topics Conversion of light to foot candles to lux (and reverse) and temperature conversions Linkas2go ORCHID SEARCH The Startpage of New Zealand an excellent directory of NZ Information Orchidwire Orchid resource directory Search for orchid vendors - best price Orchid Council of NZ with local information Orchid database A successor to the popular and valuable Pollinea site Orchid name abbreviations and their meaning Check out.. Mooseys Country Garden +An interesting NZ garden, well presented on an innovative site GENERAL  LINKS CAPITAL CITY ORCHID SOCIETY Capital City Orchid Society  Home Page Details of next meeting Society details OTHER ORCHID RELATED SITES Details of site author  - some information  which you may find of interest - or perhaps not! CHECK WEB SITES OF OTHER VISITORS - CLICK HERE Free-For-All Links Click here to Add a link to your website! I hope that you find the information in this site useful If you wish you may forward E-mail comments etc. to me at - tomnz@ihug.co.nz Site established 9th May 1998 17/9/08