by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 27, 2010 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center’s 51st Members Meeting was held on March 27. The MBC leadership offered updates on the previous year’s work, and plans for the coming year. The Members Lecture was given by Dr. Alan Meerow of Chapman Field, who presented an...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 26, 2010 | Publications
Dr. Larry Noblick, MBC Palm Biologist, is working on an extensive review of Syagrus and closely related palms. Over the course of extensive fieldwork, herbarium study, and study of living collections at MBC and elsewhere, in collaboration with Harri Lorenzi of the...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 24, 2010 | Events
Ten students from Mr. Phillip Pearcy’s Environmental Science class at G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School visited Montgomery Botanical Center this week as part of the Fairchild Challenge Environmental Immersion Day. Rotations led by Michael Calonje, Ericka Witcher,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 20, 2010 | Events
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 18, 2010 | Publications
Zamia pyrophylla, a new cycad species from the lowland tropics of Colombia, was recently described in the journal Brittonia. The new cycad is visually striking — the research team writes: “The specific epithet refers to the glowing orange and red emergent...
