by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 16, 2009 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center was honored to co-sponsor the 21st Gifford Arboretum Lecture at the University of Miami. Dr. Lucia Lohmann of the Universisdade de Sao Paulo, Brazil, gave a lecture titled, “Disentangling one of Darwin’s great mysteries: The story of...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 15, 2009 | Research
Dr. Larry Noblick, MBC Palm Biologist, performed conservation and research fieldwork in Belize during March, working with biologists from Belize Botanic Gardensand Green Hills Botanical Collections. Belize is known to have a very diverse palm flora, with an especially...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 5, 2009 | Newsletter
Spring/Summer 2009 Newsletter Spring/Summer 2009 – Volume 17, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This special fiftieth anniversary issue issue combines history and current research. Montgomery Botanical Center is celebrating its fiftieth...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 4, 2009 | Events
Montgomery Botanical hosted a joint meeting of the South Florida Palm Society and the Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society on April 4 — over 40 members participated. The meeting centered on a volunteer effort to plant a population of Roystonea oleracea. These...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 31, 2009 | Events
Students from Mater Academy Charter School visited Montgomery Botanical Center this week as eight students and their AP Environmental Science teacher Natalie Ledoux began with a tour and history of Montgomery Botanical Center followed by five rotations. The rotations...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 28, 2009 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center had its 50th Members Meeting this year. Montgomery president Charles P. Sacher presented four plaques for outstanding service and commitment. Those receiving awards were Walter Haynes, Loyd Kelly, Stanley Kiem, and John Popenoe. Walter...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 15, 2009 | Events
The South Florida Palm Society had their Spring 2009 Sale at Montgomery Botanical Center this weekend. Vendors had rare palms and cycads, along with many landscape industry classics, for sale. The SFPS palm sale gives MBC the opportunity to educate the community...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 7, 2009 | Events
Many distinguished scientists involved in the Gymnosperms on the Tree of Life (Gymnosperm AToL) project funded by the National Science Foundation met at Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC). These scientists are part of the Assembling the Tree of Life Project, which has...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 7, 2009 | Events
On Saturday, Lee Anderson and his two long term volunteers Cliff and Marilynn Renshaw taught seven of Tracy Magellan’s Miami Dade students how to propagate via cuttings, as part of their course BSC1050-Biology and the Environment. Concepts of root to shoot ratio...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 4, 2009 | News
MBC was recently host to a botanical record holder, the giant seed of the tree Mora oleifera. This remarkable tree is a semi-mangrove from the Pacific coasts of Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. It is a member of the bean family, Fabaceae, and has never before been...
