Anders Lindstrom, director of botanical collections at Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden, Thailand, and Ex situ Conservation Subgroup leader of the Cycad Specialist Group (IUCN), generously provided his insight and expertise during a cycad walk-through at Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC). Mr. Lindstrom evaluated MBC’s cycad collections and provided horticultural advice. MBC collections manager and botanist Chad Husby, MBC cycad biologist Michael Calonje, MBC cycad curator Stella Cuestas, MBC assistant cycad curator Steve Chickillo, and Christie Jones, palm and cycad curator at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, participated in the informative walk-through.
While at Montgomery Botanical Center, Mr. Lindstrom also gave a public presentation about Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden. Nong Nooch is at the forefront of cycad horticulture. It has a sizable landscaping business and propagates thousand of cycads annually.