by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 3, 2014 | Events
Dr. P. Barry Tomlinson, Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and Research Fellow at Montgomery Botanical Center gave the 26th Annual Gifford Arboretum Lecture at the University of Miami titled, “Longevity in Plant Cells – Are Palms the Longest-lived...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 1, 2014 | Newsletter
Spring/Summer 2014 Newsletter Spring/Summer 2014 – Volume 22, Number 1Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This new issue has articles on collecting Syagrus in Brazil, searching for Coccothrinax in the Dominican Republic, and the innovative science that...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 1, 2014 | Conservation, News, Research
A major expedition to conserve a remote cycad! Montgomery Executive Director Patrick Griffith and Cycad Biologist Michael Calonje recently led a collaborative team – 18 people, 3 horses and 3 dogs – to distant caves in the Maya Mountains.In addition to Montgomery, the...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 20, 2014 | Research
New discoveries, new confirmations and new collections – Larry Noblick, MBC Palm Biologist, has just returned from southern Brazil, where he has spent the last 7 weeks studying a group of fascinating “stemless” palms. New findings have confirmed that the genus Syagrus...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 18, 2014 | News
New findings link ancient fossils to modern plants! Dr. Boglarka Erdei, Research Fellow at Montgomery and Chief Museologist at the Hungarian Natural History Museum, discussed her findings at the 10th Conference of the North American Paleontological Convention in...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 14, 2014 | Events
Please join us for a special seminar at Montgomery Botanical Center. Title: “Proteomics of cycad pollination drops” Speaker: Natalie Prior, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Date & time: Friday, February 14, at 2:00 PM. (Reception with...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 4, 2014 | Publications
The oldest cycads still show features of ancient plants – this is one idea put forward in the latest paper from the Montgomery Team. The study, appearing in the latest issue of International Journal of Plant Sciences, carefully examined the leaflet anatomy of Cycas,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 6, 2014 | Publications
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) has published a new guide, Building living plant collections for conservation. The guide features example cases from Montgomery’s work, including genetic evaluation of the Sinkhole Cycad.This guide is designed to...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 4, 2014 | In the Press, Publications
The latest issue of Public Garden magazine, the journal of the American Public Gardens Association (APGA), highlights college students in public gardens. Montgomery Botanical Center’s Nursery Curator, Vickie Murphy, and Miami Dade College Service Learner, Evelyn...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 2, 2014 | In the Press, Publications
An exciting new issue of Botanical Review features work by Montgomery! The collection of papers here are the proceedings of a symposium on Genetics and Plant Conservation in Latin America, which was chaired by Angelica Cibrian Jaramillo, of Langebio, Mexico. Among the...
