by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 14, 2015 | News
Over 100 cycad experts from 21 different countries met this past week in Medellin, Colombia, for CYCAD 2015: The 10th International Conference on Cycad Biology. Conference Chair Dr. Cristina Lopez-Gallego, Academic Chair Michael Calonje, and Treasurer Patrick Griffith...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 30, 2015 | News
Two new species honor Montgomery! Insect experts Charles O’Brian and William Tang recently named a rare weevil after Montgomery Botanical Center and another after Cycad Biologist Michael Calonje. Notorhopalotria montgomeryensis, known only from Costa Rica and Panama,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 2, 2015 | Events, News
Dr. Dennis W. Stevenson, Vice President for Laboratory Research, Editor ofBotanical Review, Adjunct Professor at Columbia, Cornell and Yale Universities, and Member at Montgomery Botanical Center, gave the 27th Annual Gifford Arboretum Lecture at the University of...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 1, 2015 | Newsletter
Spring/Summer 2015 Newsletter Spring/Summer 2015 – Volume 23, Number 1Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This new issue has articles on searching for Pseudophoenix on Elliott Key, collecting cycads in Colombia, more palm discoveries, and recent...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 18, 2015 | News
Montgomery Botanical Center is happy to announce the arrival of a new mini-dump truck. This new equipment will be used to improve landscape horticulture, plant health, and access to the plant collections.The vehicle will lower fuel costs throughout the year and offer...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 18, 2015 | Conservation, Research
Tracy Magellan, MBC Outreach Manager, recently conducted an expedition to study and collect Pseudophoenix sargentii, the Sargent’s Cherry Palm, on Elliott Key in Biscayne National Park. Elliott Key houses the only native US population of Pseudophoenix sargentii, a...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 22, 2015 | In the Press, Publications
MBC fieldwork made the cover photo! The current issue of International Journal of Plant Sciences features the latest research by Montgomery and its collaborators. The paper, “Can a botanic garden cycad collection capture the genetic diversity in a wild population,”...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 21, 2015 | Publications, Research
MBC’s Cycad Biologist, Michael Calonje, along with colleagues Gustavo Morales, Cristina López-Gallego, and Francisco Javier Roldán studied wild populations of Zamia in the cool cloudforests of Antioquia and Risaralda, Colombia. The populations studied represented two...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 11, 2014 | Research
Four palm species are new to science! Larry Noblick, MBC Palm Biologist, along with his colleagues Harri Lorenzi and Vinicius Souza, present their findings in a recent issue of Phytotaxa. Very long drives over remote unpaved roads took these botanists to remote sites...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 1, 2014 | Newsletter
Fall/Winter 2014 Newsletter Fall/Winter 2014 – Volume 22, Number 2Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This new issue focuses on the Sinkhole Cycad Project. A collaborative project which brought together experts from MBC, The USDA Chapman Field, Botanic...
