by Theresa Bramblett | Oct 10, 2015 | Events
The Miami-Dade Chapter of the FNGLA invites you to their 2015 FNGLA Plant Market. October 31 & November 1, 20159:30am to 4:30pm Gate Admission is $5, and accompanied children under the age of 16 are free.Guided tour of the Montgomery Botanical Center included....
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 1, 2015 | Conservation, Research
Larry Noblick recently returned from a palm collecting expedition in the US Virgin Islands. The islands are mostly composed of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks uplifted from the ocean floor due to the movement of molten magma under the sea floor. Located just east of...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 14, 2015 | Publications
MBC’s Tracy Magellan and Patrick Griffith along with their colleague Barry Tomlinson (MBC & the Kampong) published an article in the latest issue of the American Journal of Botany on the distribution of gelatinous fibers in the radicle roots of the 10 cycad...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 14, 2015 | News
Over 100 cycad experts from 21 different countries met this past week in Medellin, Colombia, for CYCAD 2015: The 10th International Conference on Cycad Biology. Conference Chair Dr. Cristina Lopez-Gallego, Academic Chair Michael Calonje, and Treasurer Patrick Griffith...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 30, 2015 | News
Two new species honor Montgomery! Insect experts Charles O’Brian and William Tang recently named a rare weevil after Montgomery Botanical Center and another after Cycad Biologist Michael Calonje. Notorhopalotria montgomeryensis, known only from Costa Rica and Panama,...
