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....
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 14, 2008 | Research
A research and conservation project involving Montgomery Botanical Center and National Tropical Botanical Garden recently obtained specimens and data for conservation and research. The project focused on native Pritchardia populations. Pritchardia comprises some of...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 13, 2007 | Research
With support from a USDA Agricultural Research Service Germplasm Exchange Grant, Chad Husby, Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) collections manager and botanist, and Ronald Determann, conservatory and conservation director for the Atlanta Botanical Garden, successfully...
