by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 10, 2008 | Research
Montgomery Botanical Center’s (MBC) cycad biologist, Michael Calonje, recently returned from a ex situ conservation for Zamia fairchildiana and Z. cunaria (pictured). Mr. Calonje conducted a month-long expedition to the Chiriquí and Wargandí provinces of Panama....
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 4, 2008 | News
The leadership of the Turks & Caicos National Trust is being hosted at Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) this week. Ethlyn Gibbs, executive director, and Bryan Naqqi Manco, senior conservation officer, are in south Florida following an international meeting on...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 20, 2008 | Events
Dr. Andrew Henderson, curator at the Institute for Systematic Botany at The New York Botanical Garden, has recently returned from a five-month field survey of palm diversity in Vietnam. While studying at Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) this week, Dr. Henderson...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 14, 2008 | Research
A research and conservation project involving Montgomery Botanical Center and National Tropical Botanical Garden recently obtained specimens and data for conservation and research. The project focused on native Pritchardia populations. Pritchardia comprises some of...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 19, 2008 | Events
Cycad 2008, the triennial scientific conference for cycad biology, was held in Panama City, Panama, January 12-18. Hosted by Universidad de Panamá (UP), Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) was honored to co-sponsor this important meeting in collaboration with other...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 10, 2008 | News
Dr. John Donaldson, chief director of conservation science at the South African National Biodiversity Institute, visited Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) with his graduate student, Terence Suinyuy. While here, John and Terence discussed future research and...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 8, 2008 | Events
Dr. David J. de Laubenfels, a renowned authority on conifers of the Southern Hemisphere and professor emeritus at Syracuse University, studied the cycad and tropical conifer collections at Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC). Dr. de Laubenfels has described 100 species...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 31, 2007 | Grants
Designed by architect Robert Fitch Smith and completed circa 1934, the Arthur Montgomery Guesthouse is experiencing the effects of over 70 years of use; exposure to south Florida moisture has affected the subflooring of the structure. Generous funding from The...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 14, 2007 | News
Following an in-depth review by the North American Plant Collections Consortium (NAPCC), Montgomery Botanical Center’s (MBC) Palm Collection and Cycad Collection were both certified as Collections of National Significance. “These are important...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 13, 2007 | Research
With support from a USDA Agricultural Research Service Germplasm Exchange Grant, Chad Husby, Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) collections manager and botanist, and Ronald Determann, conservatory and conservation director for the Atlanta Botanical Garden, successfully...
