by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 23, 2008 | Research
Ian Cole, recent M.Sc. Graduate in Phytochemistry at UBC, is in residence at MBC this summer, studying Montgomery Botanical’s Nypa collections. Ian is the recipient of a 2008 Montgomery Fellowship for Early Career Botanists. By using the live scientific...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 30, 2008 | Research
From May 13 through May 29, Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) cycad biologist, Michael Calonje, traveled extensively in China during a cycad conservation conference and study tour organized by Willie and Limei Tang. Michael visited and studied native populations of...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 23, 2008 | Research
Martin Gardner, coordinator of the International Conifer Conservation Programme (ICCP) of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) visited Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) with RBGE Torreya taxifolia and Taxus floridana. glasshouse supervisor Fiona Inches. While...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 18, 2008 | Research
Dr. Donald Hodel, University of California, Davis, studied Montgomery Botanical Center’s (MBC) wild-collected Sabal species in an effort to help identify the Sabal species being cultivated in California. While at MBC, Dr. Hodel presented an update of his...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 11, 2008 | Research
Dr. Sarah Matthews of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, along with postdoctoral fellows Dr. NathalieNagalingum and Dr. Hardeep Rai, collected samples from 80 taxa in MBC’s tropical conifer collection for DNA analysis. This collection constitutes a...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 10, 2008 | Research
Montgomery Botanical Center’s (MBC) cycad biologist, Michael Calonje, recently returned from a ex situ conservation for Zamia fairchildiana and Z. cunaria (pictured). Mr. Calonje conducted a month-long expedition to the Chiriquí and Wargandí provinces of Panama....