Mixed up madness: untangling the hybrid origin of some of New Zealand’s sun orchids
Sun orchids are some of the most common and colourful orchids in Aotearoa New Zealand. Though their flowers are unusually simple for an orchid, their past is far from that. Postgraduate student Hayden Jones (Massey University/Te Papa) explains how old-school methods and new DNA technologies can help us understand the origin and diversity of our native sun orchids.Read more