by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 13, 2006 | Publications
Dr. Larry Noblick, Montgomery Botanical Center’s palm biologist, has described, for the first time, two rarely collected Butia species — B. exospadix and B. marmorii. Butia exospadix and B. marmorii (at center of photo) imitate grass and were discovered in...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 29, 2006 | Events
Dr. Andrew Vovides of the Instituto de Ecologia, A.C., Xalapa, México—and México’s leading cycad researcher—visited Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) to advance the collaborative cycad research in progress between the two institutions. While at MBC, Dr. Vovides...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 5, 2006 | Newsletter
Fall/Winter 2006 Newsletter Fall/Winter 2006 – Volume 14, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. Montgomery Botanical Center publishes two newsletters a year to keep our supporters and collaborators up to date and informed. If you would like to...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 3, 2006 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Research Fellow, Dr. John Dowe of the Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, made significant progress in researching palm hurricane and cyclone damage during his visit to Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC). Dr. Dowe examined...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 11, 2006 | Events
MBC Research Associate Cristina Lopez-Gallego, Doctoral Candidate at the University of New Orleans, presented her research on Zamia with a seminar given at the Nixon Smiley Meeting Room at 2:30 PM on Friday, August 11th. Cristina investigates genetic and adaptive...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 8, 2006 | Events
Dr. Patrick Griffith, Montgomery Botanical Center’s executive director, represented MBC at two national meetings this summer—The American Public Gardens Association (APGA) conference, and the Botany 2006 conference. The APGA selected MBC’s proposed...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 15, 2006 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center hosted the leadership and supporters of the University of Miami’s Gifford Arboretum on June 15th. The Gifford Arboretum is conducting a master planning process involving landscape architecture and collections planning. The Gifford...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 6, 2006 | News
Montgomery Botanical Center welcomes Logan Barton, a horticulture student from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Logan is MBC’s first intern in the inaugural year of the Montgomery Internship Program. He brings experience working with...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 5, 2006 | Events
The Kampong hosted the 5th International Tropical Flowering Tree Color Conference this past weekend, which included a number of distinguighed speakers. The keynote speaker, Dr. Harry Lorenzi of Brazil, is a longtime collaborator in the Palm biogeographic work of Dr....
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 5, 2006 | Newsletter
Spring/Summer 2006 Newsletter Spring/Summer 2006 – Volume 14, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. Montgomery Botanical Center publishes two newsletters a year to keep our supporters and collaborators up to date and informed. If you would like...
