by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 2, 2012 | Newsletter
Spring/Summer 2012 Newsletter Spring/Summer 2012 – Volume 20, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This new issue has articles about a new Giant Zamia, and discusses fieldwork in Florida, Texas, Colombia, and on the Island of Mona. It also...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 17, 2012 | Events
Dr. David de Laubenfels, Professor Emeritus of Geography at Syracuse University, New York, presented a lecture on relationships between and within two very important conifer families: the Cupressaceae (focusing on our native Florida bald cypress, Taxodium distichum,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
On Saturday, Nick Dominguez from Troop 457 completed his Eagle Scout project at Montgomery Botanical Center. Over 79 people worked on the project, volunteering nearly 500 hours of time. Nick managed the construction of a outdoor storage structure and a fence around...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 1, 2012 | Events
On Wednesday, Montgomery Botanical Center donated 34 plants and many seeds to Zelda Glazer Middle School for their Native Wildlife Habitat. Ana Casanova, a science teacher at Zelda Glazer Middle School, has been engaging her students in planting a vegetable garden and...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 31, 2012 | Grants
The Villagers awarded MBC a grant to support the restoration of the iconic entrance to Nell’s House. Many early photos and videos were taken using the door as a backdrop. Constructed in 1932, the wrought iron door was intended as a symbol of Montgomery’s love...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 28, 2012 | Events
On January 28th, New York Botanical Garden, Florida International University, Fairchild Tropical Garden, and Montgomery Botanical Center offered a Cycad Biology Course to teachers from Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The course was sponsored by the National Science...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 23, 2012 | Research
Montgomery Botanical Center and collaborators recently conducted a field project in search of a rare palm on Mona Island. Pseudophoenix sargentii is found in many places in the Caribbean Basin, including the Florida Keys – where it is known as the Buccaneer Palm....
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 1, 2012 | Publications, Research
Montgomery begins the New Year with an exciting new discovery — a new species of cycad, Zamia tolimensis, from the “Cordillera Central” mountain range of Colombia. This new species is remarkable for being a large, treelike Zamia — The leaves can be up to 8 feet long,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 1, 2012 | Events
Colonel Montgomery traveled around Florida in the summer of 1932 buying large specimen palms from nurseries, growers, and private collectors. The Colonel obtained specimens of every palm species known to be growing in Florida at that time — around 150 species in all....
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 1, 2011 | Events
The 9th International Conference on Cycad Biology was held in Shenzhen, China and organized by Fairylake Botanical Garden, the Cycad Society of China, the IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group, the New York Botanical Garden and Montgomery Botanical Center, and co-organized...
