by Theresa Bramblett | May 21, 2013 | Events
Montgomery hosted a lecture by cycad conservation expert, Dr. Cristina Lopez-Gallego, who is Professor at Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, and Research Fellow at MBC. With 20 species, Colombia has the richest Zamia flora in the world. These Zamia live in...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 20, 2013 | Events, News
This year, 750 national and international garden professionals attended the American Public Gardens Association national conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. This conference gave attendees the opportunity to network and develop garden collaborations and also to learn...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 9, 2013 | Research
Biologists from Montgomery recently worked with an international team to clarify the taxonomy of Central American cycads. The new study brings to light a complicated botanical history. Around 1846, Anders Sandøe Ørsted collected a single leaf specimen with very little...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 9, 2013 | Conservation, Events, News
On May 9, a symposium entitled “Palms of Hispaniola” was held at the Jardín Botánico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso (JBSD) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This symposium was part of a project, sponsored by a grant from the Mohamed bin Zayed Species...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 4, 2013 | News
Please join us in congratulating Xavier Gratacos and Michael Tsairis on their graduation from Miami Dade College. Michael Tsairis is currently our Conservation Horticulture Fellow and Xavier Gratacos was a former Conservation Horticulture Fellow, and is now Assistant...