by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 26, 2007 | Research
MBC led international cycad research efforts in Belize in August and September of 2008. The expedition was conducted in two parts. The first leg of the expedition, which was generously funded by Tim Gregory, focused on Ceratozamia robusta. The second portion, funded...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 24, 2007 | Research
During his visit to Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC), Montgomery Botanical Research Fellow, Dr. John Dowe of the Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, collaborated with MBC executive director, Dr. Patrick Griffith, MBC palm biologist, Dr. Larry Noblick,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 14, 2006 | Research
Dr. Grenville Draper, Professor of Geology at Florida International University, brought his department’s graduate students to learn some local geology. In addition to sinkholes and other karstic features (see photo), The Silver Bluff Escarpment, an exposed limestone...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 1, 2005 | Research
Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) is renowned for its quality wild-collected population samples of palms and cycads from all over the world, but, surprisingly, the Florida native palms and one native cycad are markedly under-represented in MBC’s collections. In an...
by Theresa Bramblett | Oct 2, 2005 | Research
In September of this year, MBC conducted a second successful cycad expedition to Panama in as many years, thanks to the generosity of a private donor. This year’s expedition was again conducted in collaboration with Dr. Alberto Taylor, cycad researcher at the...
