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...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 8, 2011 | Events
Where: Montgomery Botanical Center, Nixon Smiley Building, 11901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL 33156, United States When: November 8, 2011 from 2:00-3:30pm Dr. John Leslie Dowe, Adjunct Research Fellow at James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, Australia &...
