The Auckland Botanical Society holds regular meetings and field trips throughout the year. Meetings are usually held on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm, and field trips on the third Saturday of the month, starting at 10 am.
Meeting Venue: Unitec, School of Natural Sciences, 139 Carrington Road, Mount Albert, Auckland-Gate 4, Building 115, Room 2005 , Level 2
(Annual Lucy Cranwell lecture is held at the Auckland Museum)
Evening Meeting: Wednesday 1st October
7:30pm Unitec
Talk: Sandra Anderson
Hanging on and making do: the effects of weakened pollination mutualisms on plants
Many native flowering plants are visited by a range of pollinators, ensuring a degree of flexibility, but declines in native bird visitors mean that some plants now persist against the odds, and ‘make do’ with the least effective provider. I will consider the downstream costs of this using the bird-pollinated shrub Rhabdothamnus solandri as an example, and show that plant persistence in the short term may not equate to population viability in the long term, and that changes in pollinator interactions can have hidden consequences for population resilience.
Plant of the Month: Maureen Young on
Pittosporum pimeleoides
Field trip: Motuihe, Saturday 18th October
Leader: Ben Goodwin, Bella Burgess
Thank you to everyone who has emailed me so far
about the Motuihe Island field trip on the 18th of
October. There are still 4 spaces available on the water
taxis, so please get in touch in the next few days if you
want to join us. Cost per person will be around $50-$60.
Let me know via email if you’re interested, first in first
served. ben.goodwin0011@gmail.com